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Show TURKSlSLANDS VISITED BY FURIOUS HUE Many Lives Lost In Town of Grand Turk, While the Property Loss Is Heavy. ( Grand Turk, Turks Island, II. W. t. A hurricane of great fury swept over Turks islands Thursday night' nnd Friday morning, nnd at daybreak' tho town of Grand Turk was devastated. devas-tated. A number of lives havo been lost, but Just how many cannot yd bo snid. Grave anxiety Is felt for the Bafoty of Dr. It. T. Robertson district commissioner pf Cnlco, who was making a tour of tho Islands -.hcn tho storm broke. Tho hurricane reached hero at 0 o'clock at night, the wind blowing from tho north-northeast. At 4 o'clocli Friday morning the wind had reached a velocity of nearly ono hundred miles nn hour, nnd was blowing from tho northeast. Much damngo has been dono to property hero nnd tho f I roots of Grand Turk nro a mass of wreckage. Trees havo been uproot-h1, uproot-h1, portions of buildings blown nwny .and many houses havo been partially n recked. Tho Hoytlcn sloop Telegraph, Tele-graph, which had taken shelter nt Hawk's Nest, foundered with all hands. The schooner Danollon, belonging t ihe Knst Cnlcos Fiber company, broko nway from her nnchornpo nnd has not been seen slnco. All tho salt lighters light-ers which wero moored nt tho riding grounds nnd tho Hawk's Nest nro Hissing. |