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Show TURKS ISLANDS VISITED BY FURIOUS HURIC1E Many Lives Lost In Town of Grand Turk, While the Property Loss is Heavy. Grand Turk, Turks Island, 13, W. I. A hurricane of great fury swopt ovor Turks Islands Thursday night and Friday morning, nnd nt daybreak the town of Grand Turk wns devastated. devas-tated. A number of lives hnvo been lost, but JtiBt how mnny cannot yet 1 e said. Grave nnxlcty Is felt for the snfety of Dr. It. T. Uobertson, district commissioner of Calco, who was making a tour of the Islands ,vhen tho storm broke. Tho hurricane reached hero at 9 o'clock at night, tho wind blowing from tho nortli-northenst. At 4 o'clock Friday morning the wind had reached a velocity of nearly ono hundred miles nn hour, nnd wns blowing from tho northeast. Much dnmnge has been done to property hero nnd tho clrects of Grnnd Turk nro a mass of 'Arcekage. Trees havo been uproot-oil. uproot-oil. portions of buildings blown nway and many liouses havo been partially n recked. The Haytlen sloop Telo-graph, Telo-graph, which hail taken shelter nt Hawk's Nest, foundered with nil hnnds. The schooner Danellon. belonging to Iho East Calcos Fiber company, broko nway from her anchorage and has not. been seen slnco. All tiro salt lighters light-ers which were moored at the riding grounds nnd tho Hawk's Nest aro ulsslng. |