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Woe In Martinique

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
August
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Pabis, Aug. 22. - Additional details received here from St. Pierre, capital of the island of Martinique, vvhich was visited by a terrible hurricane on Tuesday night last, show that the facts already published are not only in no way exaggerated, but that they did not teil the full story of the disaster. The number of dead was originally estimated at sixty, vvith hundreds of injured. The latest dlspatches received here announce that 218 people are found to have been killed in the coast towns alone, the towns in the interior not having been heard from as yet. There is no doubt that the loss of life in the interior towns may have been as great if not greater than in the coast towns, so it is impossibl at present to even make an estímate of the number of people who lost their lives through the cyclonic disturbance which brought so inuch ruin and desolation to the unfortunate island. The difficulty experienced in forming a correct estímate as to the number of people who lost their lives on Tuesday night at Martinique is greatly due to the fact that the roads leading into and from the interior of the island have been rendered absolutely impassable. These roads are blocked in some cases for several miles by fallen trees and displaced earth and rocks. Several days may elapse before the governor Of Martinique is able to give the home government a detailed account of the disaster which has fallen upon the inhabitants of that island. It is known, however, that houses, crops and trees from one end of Martinique to the other have been demolisbed or flattened down bevond hope of recovery. The loss to the coffee and sugar plantr ers will bc very great. The death list by towns, as forwarded by Gov. Casse up to date, is as follows: St. Pierre. M4; Morne Rouge, 28; Fond St. Denis, T; Precheurs, 6; Carbet, 4; St. Joseph, 20; Marin, 8; Vauchin, 10; Lamentin, 2(; Frañcois, 22; Robert, 28; Eiviere Pilote, 7; miscellaneous, 18. But these numbers do not include the deaths in isolated places, interior towns or upon plantations, with which no communication can be had at present. Perhaps a rough estímate of 300 killed and 1,000 injured will about cover the ground.

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