| Show T IT ISLAND OF JAMAICA devastated BY WIND AND n ve 11 t 17 V RUA F 4 Z 1 az t f W af I 1 J r viv MV the entre ent re island of jamaica was swept by a terrific hurricane which caused the deaths of seventy persons i and a property loss estimated at 15 hundreds of persons m v ere t injured and there were numerous hair hairbreadth breadth escapes port antonio on the north coast was completely overwhelmed only six houses were left standing there the united fruit company s wharves offices hotel and plantations were de polished moli shed five of the comp company anys s steamers including the simon du mola and brighton were ere driven ashore port maria another town on i the north coast also suffered similar IT IY the coast is strewn with the wreckage of local sailing vessels the entire eastern end of the island has been devastated villages have been wiped out and the public build ings and churches demolished thou bands sands ot of the peasantry rendered horseless hor ho ireless and destitute are wandering about seeking food and shelter the destruction of the banana plantations has been complete and the fruit trade is paralyzed for the next tieh e months hundreds of prosperous fruit growers have been brought to bankruptcy and ruin the southeastern portion of the island has been completely denuded of its crops the rivers are flooded and many men were carried out to sea and drowned the western end of the island which was at first supposed to have escaped also suffered considerably though not to the extent which the eastern did new banana plantations planted there were partly destroyed and the orange and coffee crops were also injured the norwegian steamer salvatore dl di giorall yaa tas driven ashore at an notta bay and lies in a dangerous po leeral sailing vessels were ed on the north side torrential rains increased the mis ery of the poor and homeless thou sands of houses in kingston were damaged the wharves were battered and several coasting vessels were suni in the harbor the roof of the electric light works was blown off and the machinery was disabled rail road traffic was interrupted and the street cars were stopped many houses were damaged by falling trees trade is practically at a standstill efforts are being made to relieve the immediate wants of some lacall ties but the local effar s are totally in adequate unless immediate shipments of food come from america deaths by starvation are inevitable the local hospitals in the wind swept districts are crowded with the injured and the death list is increase ing |
