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(See also CO 321/7/48)...
Catalogue reference: CO 321/7/51
Date: 1875 Dec 11
(See also CO 321/7/48) John Pope Hennessy, Governor in Chief Windward Islands, St Vincent No. 85. Folios 747-748.
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Forwards report of a 'severe storm' [hurricane?] on 9 September 1875. An estimated...
Catalogue reference: CO 321/7/34
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- 1875 Oct 18
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Forwards report of a 'severe storm' [hurricane?] on 9 September 1875. An estimated 12 inches of rain caused flooding, Kingstown was almost submerged with one house swept away, and in the village of Mesopotamia fourteen houses were wrecked with the loss of four lives. A further five people died at Queensbury. Crops and farm machinery were destroyed, and a several boats driven from their moorings and washed ashore. Reports that the Legislature has voted £300 for the relief of people who had lost their homes and their means of livelihood, and a further £500 for the repair of roads. With a list of 52 men and women granted relief, most from the village of Mesopotamia.
Stanford Freeling, Administrator, St Vincent No. 65. Folios 481-499.
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- 12467/1875
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