THE HURRRICANE AT JAMAICA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 239, 30 November 1880, Page 4

THE HURRRICANE AT JAMAICA.

The y ga f; 1 88X) il l proba^lopgbe rf oaembered in Jamaica ias y 'that in r w hi&ji ; p ( co>rr ed lp.n e> of^lhe ?wq f]s b wih .canes . on,,:recpfd.. r (says the Home News) caosed by that • which; raged last; montb f quaUftDythirig ■We have ever read -"dfr" The storm broke in ihe evening about eight, and the wind blew with uogovemable fury tH two in the np|[Q^Efiirg> "/T b6 i" h|i|^» cre.a,ki.ng,. wb|Btl,ing, roaring ** <: ,o.f e^ile 'Wag J terr iflc. Man^ ahijriK were wrecked in port. One b^ig^ntiue plagJ^Q r wJ|;h : a~car,go olfi^sh, , worth.aome s e|gnt bddily.' A mail steamer was stranded, rtjie-cpas^exe! were driven on shore and smi;BbQd.^tp pieces. r Ev.er r y ,wbar { ~t^t -one, .w^Bb blown away. • ~ -The l -tie** betfeh >' w'a« atEewn r^ith articles cf food* The^roof. of ithe; great Victorian 'Market; wue Blrippe^ of its beavy tiies^atid was leftTßj'^ieir l e|.|M;e,leloi^r|; ; v It.Vj^Bj9 _the_same_ with the^^Castom L .House. "O'tlTer" pubiio'nfi^tl^tioTia l^^ s*!ed v . --TheAshurchWwWe ? grlatly danoa^ea.v; :eapncißlly: jthes.P^rliigaßße Synagogue, the beautiful^cn'polii xdt which was carried away.. -Mflny-oMhe bouses were, blown down,^laj^e cooc^a(n_Jvro, a|»d? s a *|d|s |3o|f(Q^Jr^-DJa^kii tges, Jfap "bßughß^-littereTalf IHe tHoroughiTarea and streets. The 16B8iriflioted:i8:ca!cui lated at BomethiDg e^norm^e, <a%d wUI probably exceed one fijuiidred^thpuißjßn^B pounds, a^great portion f df'wiiich^ll 1 fair upon the' Jamaic&Mfrriiie'lneuraßce Cooopaoy. At Port • Royal farid in the rural diatricte the itijury done was dc lees severe. Coffee, corn, caoe, and bananas utterly destroyed ; coQ.paauts, 2uangoee, and fields., of roots altogetbei laid waste. ltiis:not so long agb'Bince Jamaica;was etrpngly, recpmrneo'dlßd pc «ccount of fertility: as an excellent :.field for emigration. But with such' terrible visitations possible, even an earthly paradise would lose most of its charms