The Portland daily press., 1870-10-25
The Hurricane ira Cuba,
TWO THOUSAND LIVES LosT-FIyE MILLION
WORTH OF PROPERTY LOST

Details of the terrible storm in Cuba week
before last state that nearly two thousand peo-
pie were killed, mostly drowned. Twelve
thousand head of cattle were lost, and in Ma
tanzas alone four hundred houses were de-
stroyed. The damage to property is estimated
at five millions of dollars. Seven hundred and
fifty street lamps were washed away. The
stock of susar and molasses in the wa. ehouses
was very small and the loss trivial The prin-
cinal loss is in dwellings, warehouses, boats
LIGHTERS, sc. The bridge of Boitee, magnii-
cent structure over the San Juan, not far from
its mouth. costing more than 100000, was de-
stroyed. The bridge over the Yumurri leading
to Versailles was also washed away. The San
Luis bridge near the Havana railroad station
still stands, though much damaged.
A passenger train arrived at the depot OF the
Havana and Matanzas railroad just before the
overflow took place. The depot engine, train,
passengers and employees al! disappeared IN
the flood.
A letter from Matanzas merchant states
| that 4S2 dead bodies have been fouad aud bur-
| led, and that 800 missing persons were unac-
counted for The most prominent man that
| was drowned was the rich merchant, Pedro
| Benet. The brute creation naturally Jared
worse than man in the inundated wards and
suburbs. The number of horses, cattle, boys,
dogs, &C., drowned is very. great. Guines, a
|
undated. Macy buildings were blown down
and some of the inhabitants severely injured
| The jurisdiction OF Colon felt the force of the
| tornado. Much damage was done to the grow,
| ing cane, much of it being torn out of the
ground by the roots by the force of the wind
| The cane most backward for the season wa.
| less injured
| The damage to the shipping was very great
| The brig Mary H. Chase and bark George S
Hunt, of Portland, were totally dismantled
| and lost anchors and hawsers. The schooner
Edwin, of Bridgeport, was driven from hel
anchorage and collided against some coastins
| schooners, sinking them then carried almos
to Tuinuri bridge and was driy en- back agair
to the bar, where she stranded and the captain
| and crew escaped to the Shore The vesse
| was then driven down the harbor and wrecked
near the Canimar. The schooner Frank Pal
| mer of Bath, had her bow broken in and he
bowsprit ripped up. The brig Liberty was tn
only American vessel that escaped unframed
In all these disasters in the bay only five live
were lost, and all from Spanish vessels.
In all the smaller towns and villages house
| were blown down or unrOOfed and all the tree
are gone. In Neuva Paz, ZIG houses, mostly Q
wood were changed to a heap of ruins. Ii
Madenga 100, in Guines 6S and the churcl
tower were also blown down. In Alacrane
| 80, in Bejucal 40, and thus each place suffere,
| more or less. The loss of lives in these village
was small considering the extent of the mate
rial damages experienced and will not exceed
twelve persons in ALL The storm was felt blu
slightly east of Sierra Moreno and not at al
east of Sagua. Westward no harm was don
few miles beyond Havana. The districts G
Matanzas, Cardenas, Jarucos, Guines, Guiana
bacoa, Santa Maria, Bejucal, Santiago de La
Vegas and Colon, two thirds of the island ar
the only ones to which the storm seems to hav
confined its devastation.