. Review of reviews and world's work. at capacity regarding the typical late-summerstorms, of which the one that devastated Galves-ton is the most recent example. An old resident of Barbados, who had ac-curately observed one of the most destructivehurricanes of the century, is quoted as saying : < The strongest houses were caused to vibrateto their foundations, and the surface of the veryearth trembled as* the. destroyer raged over thunder was at any time heard ; had thecannon of a hundred contending armies beendischarged or the fulmination of the most tre-mendous thunder-claps rattle
. Review of reviews and world's work. at capacity regarding the typical late-summerstorms, of which the one that devastated Galves-ton is the most recent example. An old resident of Barbados, who had ac-curately observed one of the most destructivehurricanes of the century, is quoted as saying : < The strongest houses were caused to vibrateto their foundations, and the surface of the veryearth trembled as* the. destroyer raged over thunder was at any time heard ; had thecannon of a hundred contending armies beendischarged or the fulmination of the most tre-mendous thunder-claps rattled through the air,the sounds could not have been horrible roar and yelling of the wind, thenoise of the tumultuous ocean, whose frightfulwaves threatened the town with destruction, ifall the other elements might spare ; the clatteringof tiles ; the falling of roofs and walls, and thecombination of a thousand sounds, formed themost hideous din, which appalled the heart andbewildered if not alienated the mind. No ade-. MAl SHOWING THE TRACK OF THK GHKAT HITUUICANK OF 1900, AUGUST ,M TO SEPTKMBKK i). quate idea of the sensations which then distractedthe mind and confounded the faculties can possi-bly be conveyed to those who were distant fromthe scene of terror. The sheltered observer ofthe storm, amazed and in a state of stupor, wasfixed to the spot where he stood ; the sight andhearing were overpowered, and the excess ofastonishment refused admission to fear. Whatmust have been the mental agonies of thosewretched fugitives who, destitute of a place ofrefuge, were the sport of the dreadful and ruth-less tempest, and alive to all its horrors ! Thisunparalleled uproar continued without intermis-sion for over three and one-lialf hours—the rao-ino-blast then veering from the west and other pointsto the southward of it, attended with avalanchesof rain. The storm now and then for a few momentsabated, at which time the dreadful roar of theelements having partially su
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