The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-20

College. who teIeGrapbsd to Camp Colombia
early Wednesday evening. ~
: Father GanGoiti says that the cyclone
struck Cuba at Artemisa, in this proVincs
OF Pinar del Rio. Its centre passed to the
east OF Havana, but near the city. The
wind blew herr at the rate Of from Sc evenly
20 eighty miles an hour.
MArANZAs HARD HIT. roo.
HAVANA, Oct. is.-All the storm reports
To-day confirm the stories Of the destruc-
tion Of small crops in the Havana district.
The city Of Mstsnzaa suffered heavily, "a
did also a number OF small towns, such as
Batabano and Bauta. Some damage was
done TO the sugar cane
y An endeavor is being mad TO save some
Of the trees that were down in Havana.
The limbs are being cut on and the Trunks
replanted. Some OF these trees are very
old.
The wind Ia ~variously estimated to-day
10 have had a velocity Of from 80 to 100
miles an hour.
The soldiers at Camp Columbia passed a
horrible night. They stood about in
groups. drenched to the skin, and they had
great difficulty in standing up against the
force Of the wind.
sIe WAREHOUSES;
The large Santa Catalina warehouses.
which were located in the. harbor on Regla.
opposite Havana, were utterly destroyed.
The buildings belonged to Silveira 4 Co..
one of which firm. Manuel Silveira. ia
charged with having caused the failure
of Juan NJ. Ceballos X Co. Of New York.
The storm il considered to have been
the worst that Cuba has experienced since
1870.
. A feature ~ the damage is the great num-
Der Of houses that collapsed in the best
streets Of the city. At 3 Inquisition street
q house fell in, killing four and woundlng
three persons. At q Escobar street six
were killed and many wounded by the col
lapse Of the building. A numper of persons
were killed or wounded in Jesus Maria.
San Lazaro and other streets.
The beautiful residences on the road TO
vedado and one on the sea coast, were
greatly damaged. All the trolley wires are
down, and consequently no tram cars are
running.
SHIPPING AT LA 0CAYRA
SAN JUAN, P. r., Oct. is.-The steamer
Philadelphia, which arrived here to-day
forty-eight hours overdue, reports that
while she was lying OF La Guayra. Vene-
Euela, a hurricane set in. She dragged
her anchors and vent ashore in the harbor.
sustaining slight damage.
Other vessels in the harbor suffered con-
Eiderably. A section Of the la Guayra
and Caracas Railroad was destroyed.
A Dutch steamer Ia reported to have been
lost between Curacao and La Guayra,
The Philadelphia sailed this afternoon
for New York.
GOV. MAGooN'S EPOR
WASHINGTON, Oct. l9.-The storm which
swept over Havana did tremendous damage.
according to a despatch received at the
Wal Department late this afternoon from
Mr.. Magoon, Provisional Governor Of Cuba.
Until a late hour the Navy Department
was totally without advices from Cuba
except for one very brief despatch from
Santiago announcing the departure from
there to-day for Guantanamo OF the cruiser
Dee Moines. Nothing was said about the
storm. and il il supposed that il was not
exceptionally severe around Santiago.
The storm is tonight on the South Caro-
lima coast and hoes not seem to be moving
northeasterly al a very rapid rate. A. j.
Henry. forecaster Of the Unite States
Weather Bureau, said tonight that the
outlook was that the storm would remain in
that vicinity for the next twenty-four hours.
He added that il would not be safe for coast
wise and small vessels TO venture in the
neighborhood OF the storm area for the
next two days. Storm warnings are dis
played along the Atlantic coast from Fast
port, Me-, to Sa vannah, Ga.
The bureau tonight received its first
report from the observatory at Key West,
Fla, since the storm occurred in that
vicinity. He merely reported that the
weather there had become form The
first report from Havana was also received
tonight. and 1t also indicated that the
weather conditions in that city were again
normal.
Gov. Magoon's despatch il dated to-day,
October 10, but il was evidently filed in
Havana some time yesterday. Until the
close OF che Government departments it
was the only Official news OF the disaster.
The wind in Havana, the dispatch said,
attained a speed OF eighty miles an hour.
The telegraph and telephone wires were
down, together with trees and houses. Gov.
MACON feared there had been a consider
abie loss OF life, and eight deaths had
already been reported in Havana. Gov.
Makoon had sent out Instructions TO the
VARIOUS provinces Of Cuba calling for re-
ports on storm damage. These will be sent
to Washington.
The O~ceansOing shipping in Havana
harbor was unframed. but a number OF
launches and lighters were cast adrift and
sunk. Great damage, the Governor says,
was done IN Havana and in the outlying
country. Gov. Magoon's remark in his
despatch that the oc~eangoing shipping
10 unframed is encouraging to the navy
and clearly indicates that there was no
material harm lone to the warships in the
harbor. Officers OF the navy here did not
expect tho vessels TO suffer. They con-
sider Havana one Of the safest harbors in
the world. Not only Ia il landlocked,
but il has a mud bottom which holds an
anchor tight.
The Var Department received two
dispatches from the Quartermasters in
Havana under to-day's date. and at first
oEhcials thought that the lack Of reference
TO the storm meant that IL had not harmed
Camp Columbia and that the storm had
not been very serious. 1t was later dis
covered, however, that the cable company
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