| Show TIM THE LATE bate HURRICANE A ape I 1 BAHAMA ISLANDS 1 e co m yia sla lia nj a lh di ason V on commanding teo tee tko united states teamer steamer Ta homai 3 P t 1 to thes thel navy it tin it 1 9 ersail 0 J providence novi dence the following I 1 on october ath when on a line illie between the bermudas and hatteras we encountered a revolving storm I 1 lop lot hurricane violence we are not in distress abard buthe damage sustained are the them sea iro ino proseso f rose seso so rapid rapidly lk anit ap d grew so dangerously heavy and eon con cono fused that being satisfied we were ah the lefthand left hand semicircle ircle of the s t 9 1 I 1 deemed it safe to abide the is issue s i 11 ll e ty lhea heaving pg the ta ti a toon the poh port apok tp cel cej he centre octile 6 hurricane passed assi I 1 oyer over Y of na New providence on on the list instant and the seene scene of wreck and de devastation is marvelous and very sad to see more than th a hallof nassau is in ghinns ruins most of the houses are unroofed anro ofed amany any blown to pieces and some moved bodily from their foundation into the streets churches Gbur ches warehouses and lother iother other buildings af solid stone are shattered as if by a bombardment the trees are destroyed leaf and branch as if by a conflagration nearly every vessel and boat is sunk or swept high and dry on the outer islands the des truc tion of property and the consequent i summering suffering is said to he dreadful the important 11 liht light ht aitho at tho hole in the wall is not burning Z the harbor light here is only a temporary lantern the lights on the stirrup rey key on the great il isaacs andon ant anu on the gun key ane are report ed to tobe be uninjured though the tower of the first named is crooked judging budgin 9 from the dismantled and other othen otherwise otheral wl se distressed vessels that we have seen both at sea and in this port the chapter of casualties from this hurricane will not be a brief one AN ax IMPORTANT imre qumie it tiie tike provincial parliament ent of canada has pas assed sedan an act which if executed will afford security to lifland ilfe life and limb against one of the most terrible of dangers I 1 where an assembly struck with alarm by fire or accident rushes against the doors of egress and closes them by its ires Eres pressure sure against the possibility of its being opened the act provides that congregations and others owning churches and individuals corporations and companies owning ha halls hails 11 theatres theartres the atres and other buildings used for t the h e purpose of holding public meetings or places of public resort or amusement shall within twelve months from the passage of 01 the act be required to have the doors of such churches theatres theartres the atres halls or other buildings so go hinged as to opan open freely oRt outwards wards all the doors are so 6 hinged and if the tho gates of outer fences do not open outwards they must be kept op open n by proper fastenings 11 during the time sueh such buildings are publicly udd to facilitate tho the egress of peo peor plein case of alarm from fire lire or otheir cause A fine of 50 is imposed for every violation of the net jact to which is added a further penalty of 5 for every week after the complaint is made till the necessary necess rry changes are 11 ZING tire tite QA iffA this va vast t desert whitened by the bones of sa many unfortunate travelers who have ha ve at various times perished on its inhospitable sands is likely before many ages to be changed into a rich and beaux ticul country the only cause canse of its IN sterility has been deen the aban absence e of water this will ultimately bb supplied by means of arteal artesian ian lan wells in the t a utmost abundance every day new oases are produced by the multiplication of these wells which supply vast quantities of water scientific reuie review V lorento lorenso dow oDoN tho the itinerant preacher so zo famous in his lifetime life time for his eccentricity tri trl city efty commencie eom com commencing ng his sermon on ono one occasion read from st paul 1 I can do all things thins thin s 11 the preacher paused took off iii ili his 13 S spectacles laid them on the open bible and said no paul youre mistaken for once ill bet you yon five dollars you cant and stake the money at 1 the same time putting his h hand a nd I in n ill lil his s pocket lie be took out a nive five dollar bill laid iaia it on the fhe bible took up his fils spectacles again 0 and read through jesus christ our lord lor d 11 all ail ali ah paul exclaimed the tho preacher racher snatching up the five dollar til ell bill au and aud returning 4 it to his pocket a dif dlf different lerent matter the bets withdrawn |
