Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-24
THE HURRICANE IN CUBA.
Effects OF tho Two storms summed Up.
Havana. Oct o. Correspondence of the New York


Effects OF the Two storms summed Up
Havana, Oct. %. Correspondence of the New Yorl
World.
+ Communications are re-established will
all the districts OF the Vuelta Abajo save
that of Pinar del Rio, and in consequence
I have voluminous particulars of the de-
struction caused by the storm OF the 19tl
and goth. These particulars fortunately
show that the extreme western districts o
the island have not suft red as much a.
was feared at the time I penned my last
their known losses being repetition
of those of the districts Of San Chris
tobal, Guanajay, aud San Antonio, report
ed to you on Saturday, and consisting with
In the towns and villages of houses blown
down or uuroofed, and within the country
portions Of damaged buildings. destroyed
sugar-mills, cabins, and huts, blown-down
trees, washed away bridges, and prostrated
cane banana and Tobacco fields. The little
fishing hamlet of Guanima, situated on
the south coast, some thirty or more miles
west of Batabano, was the spot worst
scourged, for il was almost literally
swept out of existence of the invading
waters Of the bay, not more than three
houses being left standing when the wa
ters reoeded. Seventeen cf the inhabit.
ants, mostly women and children, were
drowned, the balance, some 200 souls, find
ing refuge on the hills hack Of the ham.
let. These seventeen drowned persons,
added to those reported from other places
as lost, make the destruction of life by the
last storm embrace forty-three persons-s
large list, but small when compared to the
list Of victims for the storm on the 7Ih and
9Th. In peeuniary losses to the island,
immediate and remote, the disproportion
is unfortunately not SO great, the peeuniary
losses from the last storm being still esti.
mated in the neighborhood of five million
dollars. A much decreased produc-
ton of the celebrated Vuelta
Abajo tobacco being counted in To
make up the figures. your American smok-
ers of choice brands may well reckon upon
soon paying an increased price for their
cigars. With two such dreadful scourg
ings of wind and water within so short q
period of time, the people OF Cuba may
well remember October of this year a
fatal month, particularly if one bears in
mind that TO the great losses Of lives and
properties resulting from the fury of the
two storms mt st be added the sad ravages
Of the cholera, yellow fever and smallpox,
and those OF the war. But lucky. after all,
may there not be two other plaques, hith-
erto unknown to this fourishing land,
be also misery and starva-
ton.
The effects OF the last storm, from all
the reports at hand. were more severely
felt north of this place than west; and.
therefore, long list Of twenty-taree ves-
sells steamers, ships, barks, brigs. and
schooners upon the Florida
reefs is not to be wondered at. Eleven OF
the vessels are American ones, and more
than one half are likely to prove total loss
es as to both vessels and cargo. As the
agent of the Associated Press in Key West
has sent the list to your city, as we'll as to
this place, I omit sending It The captain
and crew of one Of The vessels to ally lost
the Spanish bark Thomas de Rosa, from
New Orleans for 1'erragona, Spain, with
staves-hss arrived here, and will be sent
to their homes by ths government on the
30th. Or the fifteen vessels reported in my
last as ssh0Se~ @ 4R the sevsn are are
yet ashore, including the Delamater gun
boat Alarma, and the coastIDg steamer
Espapa. All of these seven vessels, how
ever, are likely to be gotten of in few
days, with slight injuries received, the on
ly possible exception being q Hondurisn
schooner from Trajillo. and of whose safety
no great hopes are entertained.
General Burriel, Governor of Matanzas,
has published two proclamation', giving
thanks to those who assisted the people of
his city during their trying ordeal on the
7th and 9Th, and proposing several persons
who particularly distinguished themselves
in saving lives to General Rodas and Re-
gent Serrano for ''recompenses and dis
tinction that may serve as memorials of
their good deeds and point them out as
benefactors Of afflicted humanity. Gen.
Rodas has added his thanks to those Of
Governor Bufriel, and heartily indorsed
the proposals for recompenses, SO that it's
about certain Regent Serrano will grant
what is asked. 1t may well be matter of
pride to your readers to know that three
of the gentlemen proposed for honorable
a.. foll