Milford chronicle., 1906-10-26
FIERCE CYCLONE
SWEETS CUBA
Twenty Dead and s2,O00,OOO Dam
axe at Havana.
SHIPPING SUFFERED HEAVILY

DTeCeQeuleQ SeNGl4tft aNNNiA4 t'
a terrific downpour of rain swept over
the provinces of Havana and Pinar
del Rio Wednesday night and resulted
In 20 deaths in this city and the serl
GUS injury OF a dozen or more persons
The damage is estimated at iuliy ~
oaO coo. The dead are all Cubans oI
the poorer class.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn /
dragged her anchor until her stern
Grounded in themud off La Regla- she /
got off without injury.
The 20OO American soldiers and ma
rines at Camp Columbia were put u
,rroat Inconvenience by the storm !
Nearly all the 400 tents in Camp Co
Iumbia We're blown down, but there
was little actual damage. Harry Fos'
dick. an army teamster with the EoIn
Infantry from Sioux City, Ia, sus
tained probably fatal injuries. He was
crushed by a tree which fell through
+ba barracks in which he was sleep
inc Fred Sutcline of Fort Smelling
had his head seriously injured anu
Thomas Shcnealt Of Reading, Pa sus
tained injuries TO his back.
one hundred and fifty tobacco barns
IN the Alouizar district have been de
stroved. The recently planted tobacco
crop also has been seriously damaged
Enormous damage is reported from
+ba Guira section. the centre or the
banana and plantain growing lnuus
try. These crops are said to have peer
practically destroyed. Many small far
mers have lost their all and are II
great distress.
The total number Of lighters sunk IL
she harbor has not yet been ascer
t.qped. Many Of them were loaded Win
sugar and other merchandise. upan
which the loss will be great. Owing tc
the lack of lighters steamers are no"
digcharaing alongside the wharYes
The storm drove the lighters against
tbe barbor bulkheads. where they were
broken up or sank. The harbor has
bgon searched for dead, and it is no"
believed that all the bodies have beer
found.
"a. Havana city about so houses were
more on less injured, but owing to Jh'
massive construction of roofs anC
walls the damages are serious only il
. few instances. The buildings OF 1h'
university of Hacana sustained dam
.oos amounting to many thousands o
dollars. A partition wall in the amer
can leeation was blown down. Tne ol
fee furniture was ruined and tn
hooks and records Of the legation Wer
wet through.
The destruction of trees by the c2
clone was a most remarkable feature
throughout thelength of the Prad
scarcely one trees remains standing
they were nearly all uprooted. Havan
has thus lost one of its chief beauue
for If will be many months before the
can he renlgnted. The parks also weI
DESTROYED. In Central Park, Colo
park. san Juan de Dios Park, and
tbe Plaza de Armas there are prac'
callv no trees left standing.
Island and Steamer Engulfed BY Tid
Wave.
Miami Fla, Oct. 20.-The steam
st Lucie. Captain Bravo commandln
has sunk on the Florida coast. one
+be extension steamers arrived IN pc
bringing go wounded. which we
taken to the hospital and it IS sa
there are 2S dead bodies which "
he BROUGHT up 1t is believed n'
t1at norton of tie Florida Fish
rroduee eompauy's fleet were destr'
"a MANAGER Arms sent out one
+,,ot. .bo-4s -o look for the men a
boats and on cir return the repo
a1 no sfens of the fleet The fish
nets were found strewn upon
shore.
Cartain Bravo says that he anch
oil nm the lee side of Elliott's Key,
miles south of Miami. Thursday mo
in- and that soon after a tidal VIZ
ep-ulfed the island. He says tn
werc $50 residents on the island
of whom we're lost. The ST. Lucie
crushed by the same wave, ana OF
100 persons on board. 25 were Kill
Captafn Bravo was seriously inJuT
barge containing 100 people
Sold to have been torn from its me
ines at Elliott Key, and afterWa
p.,Eed up near the Bahama lslar
5o of her passengers being repor
drowned
Those Deported From Arizona W
summariIy Put to Death.
Phoenix. Ariz., Oct. PA specia
ahe Republican from Tucson says
a. wellknown citizen of that pli
whose name is withheld, has retur
from Nogales, where he was auth
tatively informed that Salcide and
the other revolutionists recently
ported from Arizona were taken
Hermosillo and summarily execu
Notwithstanding official statement
the contrary.
Senator TiIIrnan's sister-in-Law D
Clarkshill. s C., Oct 2S.-Mrs.
garet ]. Tillman, widow OF the