Black River market vendors in limbo
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Vendors at the Black River Market in St Elizabeth faced heavy losses after Hurricane Melissa hit a year ago. Francis Bartlett and others bought extra stock to prepare for potential scarcity. The Category 5 storm destroyed their stalls instead. Bartlett lost a business that took years to build.
WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa approached the island a year ago, Francis Bartlett and fellow vendors in the Black River Market in St Elizabeth purchased extra stock, in case fields were wiped out and produce became scarce. That gamble yielded no good results, as their stalls were destroyed. Bartlett recalled that the Category 5 system wiped out the business she had spent years building.