Show 1 r SA SAY Y STORM WASHED I f ISLAND BUND ISLANDTON TOWN AWAY I T t Seamen Declare Heavy Se Sea Destroyed St. St Mathew in West Indies 1 HUNDREDS OF HOMES GO Saw Gale and Combers Carry Shacks from their H Moorings I j New York Sept 19 The news of at a disaster on the Island Islan of or In the tite West Vest Indies In which th the town of oC St Mathew ratIe may have e been destroyed destroyed de tIe- de- de e 1 reached reache here this afternoon with the arrival of ot the lie steamship Si Si Si- beria berta of ot the Atlas Atla service of ot the tho Ham Ham- burg American Hue line four tour days Jays overdue overdue over over- due from Jamaica after a 3 terrible tight fight with the sea St. St Mathew l b Is a n town of or about six or seven hundred 1 inhabitants Along the tho shore right on the lie open sea sea there thero were some two or three hundred houses On September 13 the Siberia camo came close to the island 1 while the West Indies storm was at Its height William chief officer waUpon was wa Upon the bridge According to his story ston which Is corroborated by other othor officers of nf the tho s hip ship they could make male out easily that the storm was raising fearful havoc along the shore shortt They saw sav the roof of ut house after house lifted up UI and thrown high Into the air all The Tue houses are nearly all wooden an and the say ay they saw many of or them go down doun before the fury of the tho gale Jale while combers a added to the damage dam dam- ag age done on by the tho wind We ve hu hud had followed our method of ot taking on laborers at on our way down dOt from Crom New York Yol to have them handle handlo bananas at the various arloUs Vest West Indian ports we touched further south Chief Officer Vollmar said It Is customary on our wa way back for tor us us to put these men off ofT in small sinai boats boate near an and 1 then row back This time we could not trust the small boats on the high seas Accordingly wu rals raised ll the llaga ilage of the tho code codo to Indicate Indi cato cate that we wo would woul keep the men aboard bring them up UI to New Ness ew York and leave them at nt later latel There Is a signal station upon the shore Mr Sa Sargent nt tho the American consul Is our agent No o answer however however how how- ever ovel came from the shore Th Tho easiest supposition Is that th the station was wag destroyed de do- It Is probable that all the Inhabitants living In the shacks s close cloo along the shore ma made tracks for 01 the Int |