THE ATLANTIC ALL THE WEEK IN ONE DAY EDITOR: JOS. THOMAS Number 86 LIMON, COSTA RICA POST BOX 199 AUGUST 25, 1951 Year cu Jamaica Hard Hitby Worst Hurricane in the history of the Island. Dead Reach 162. OUR TASK.
APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THOUSAND HOMELESS.
devastating hurricanes in the history of the Caribbean struck the British West MANY INJURED MORE THAN FOUR FIFTHS OF CROPS DESTROYED.
Indian island of Jamaica.
It was the worst storm ever to strike this region. Although communi cation has been completely wrecked, reports state that over one hundred and PROPERTY DAMAGE INCALCULABLE APPALLING DEVASTATION EVERYWHERE fifty persons lost their lives, while thousands are injured and homeless. Crops and property damage is estimated to total at least 50, 000, 000 On Friday night and Saturday morning eight days ago one of the most The strongest blow in Kingston history, lashed the island capital with wind and rain from 45 Friday until A. Saturday. Several inmates of the poor house and insane asylum were killed.
The British Colonial Office in London received a report which stated that some 7600 convicts escaped from the penitentiary during the hurricane. FROM OUR DESK By THE EDITOR and are still at large.
Six ships among others on various points of the island beach were se verely damaged while the Dominican schooner The Dominicana was capsizWe have gained the information that a movement is now ed in Kingston harbor.
The historic cities of Spanish Town, Port Royal and Morant Bay are launched to prepare a memorial signed by the greatest number of laid waste; also the great sugar estates and factories in St. Catherine Parish citizens who are under the weight of the exhorbitant increase in the are destroyed Emergency food and medical supplies were rushed from the British rental of houses and lands on which people have constructed their cruiser Bermuda to aid the homeless and injured victims.
houses and to have this memorial presented through an official char It is estimated that it will take fully two weeks to restore normal street nel to His Excellency the President of the Republic.
lighting and home electric service for all in the city area.
We consider this a very wise thought and we hope our people hard at work but many roads are still blocked by landslides.
Many parts of the island have not been heard from Salvage crews are will get united and present the groans to the Chief Magistrate. We ought to do something in an intelligent manner to liberate ourselves LAST MINUTE REPORT ON HURRICANE DAMAGE IN JAMAICA from bondage It has ever been our purpose to express our views in a manner Official account given by Governor Sir Hugh Foot lists homeless at thirty thousand persons equitable to all and desire to reaffirm our stand in protest to the Two whole towns have been destroyed Port Morant, the main banane high oppressive actual rates on houses and lands. We are extend port on the southeast coast which cradled the last native rebellion in 1865, ing just consideration to the men who have and are constructing Henry Morgan before he governed Jamaica as a respectable knight.
and Port Royal with the ancient pirate hideout that was playground for Captain houses in recent months, because labour, materials and everything The city hospital, lunatic asylum, house of refuge and sports clubrequired in construction are greatly increased in costs, but see no houses had roofs completely torn off.
Hardly one electric pole in the city was standing straight when winds justifiable reason for lifting rental rates from C30 00 to 100. 00 died away.
Victoria Market Pier was smashed. Of the total of convicts and more per month for houses built thrity and more years ago. The escaped only fourteen have been recaptured.
cost of construction of those aged buildings have been recovered long With water and gas mains broken and giant trees torn up by their roots and lying across main streets, the city quarter million population found ago and with considerable profit on the money invested. To demand itself reduced to to primitive living 275. 00 a month for a room formerly rented for 15. 00 only by The Hurricane continued its west northwest movement after devastating Jamaica and touched the extreme west of Cuba and the Yucatan Channel in daubing the outside with paint, is completely oppressive. To increase Mexican territory. It lashed the city of Tampico and then swirled 230 miles the rent of a house spot from fifteen to one hundred and twenty east southeast toward Texas five colones per month is nothing short of profiterring and should The Brownsville Weather Bureau (Texas) said informally, because the storm was virtually at a standstill, it could not say what its future movement not be allowed under a democracy.
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