Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-17
OVER A THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Awful Results of the Cuba Cyclone
Millions of Property Destroyed.

Millions OF Property Destroyed.
The Avisador Commercial of Havana
has issued a special supplement giving
details of the recent cyclone in Cuba.
1t says:
A new calamity has spread his black.
encd wings over this unfortunate land.
The 4th and 5th of this month a cyclone
swept this land! Its disastrous effects
were felt from Point Maisi to Cape San
Antonio-i. e.: the whole length OF
Cuba. Its greatest violence was, eXer.
ciscd in the province of Santa Clara.
kilograms regarding this sorrowful
event were sent to the captain-general
of the island, who Immediately author-
lied the highest officials to
form a board to consider meas
ures for allaying the misery
caused, and put at their disposal
$40 900. The board of relief contains
the bishop of HAVANA, the captain
general, Maria Carbonel, and Rafael
Monitor. OF the 1900 contributed by
the government $1,000 was allotted to
the province of Santa Clara, to be dis
tributed among those who have suf-
fered the greatest calamities, $9, 900 to
Mautauzas, and 81. 900 to Pinar dol Rio.
These sums have been placed in tho
hands of the governors of the respec-
tive provinces. This cyclone was as
disastrous as tnat WHICH occurred Ill
1888.
At the port of Batabano nine sailors
were drowned by the laundering Of tho
Spanish gunboat Lealtad. Trees were
torn up, roofs were torn of, and the vio-
lence of the hurricane was great. The
schooner Juarez, which had made the
port the previous day, was completely
wrecked and several Of the crew were
lost. The schooner Alphonso XII. was
driven entirely out of the water and lit
orally into h street. The schooner
Antonio net n similar fate, having been
blown into Pavia street, where she still
remains high and dry. The schooner
AlmiraDte disappeared completely.
Nothing is known of the fate of the
crew. There were many accidents
caused by falling buildings, resulting
broken legs and arms.
In Cardenas the waves Of the sea
swept into Hector street. Many families
abandoned their houses, owing TO the
flood. In Sagua the cyclone, properly
so-called, commenced early in the
morning OF Wednesday. OF tho l,420
houses in Sagua scarcely twenty
escaped damage; 5000 ,0OUO worth
of property was destroyed. The
desolatlon and ruin are complete. The
picture is dark-much darker than any
pen can make it, however sad and
truthful the lines. In Isabella, Satur-
day morning, thirty-four bodies were
found on the beach. The overflow of
the river caused great damage there.
The beach was covered with dead fish,
and many cattle were drowned by tho
food. The latter arc producing fearful
odors.
The correspondent at Caibarien says:
zone family lost three children; tho
schooner Emanuel, four sailors and
three passengers; the Union, two sail
ors. Mr.. Cordova, his wife and five
children were lost. 1t is believed that
the number Of deaths at this point was
over seventy. There was an extraor-
binary rise OF the river. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jose Crespo saw three of their children
swept away by a terrific wave. Twenty
two houses were blow down and forty
eight received serious damage. All
over the city there is much damage"
The total number Of deaths from the
cyclone throughout the island Is esti-
mated at upward OF one thousand. At
Cardenas alone property was destroyed
or damaged to the extent Of 81 900 900,
ana the deaths amounted to over ono
hundred. The vortex of the cyclone
entered the island near Sagua, crossing
between Havana and Batabano and
through Consolation del Sur, leaving
Cuba for Vera Cruz. A popularity Of
this cyclone was its southwark ten
dancy.