The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20

Miami, Fla, October 19.-The reported
loss of the steamer st. Lucie, Captain
Bravo commanding. has been confirmed.
steamer arriving in port tonight
brought sixty injured which were taken
to the hospital 1t is said there are TWEEN
ty-eight dead bodies which will be
brought up tomorrow
1t is believed now that a portion Of
the Florida Fish and Produce companys
fleet was lost with loss of life. Man
ager Adams sent out one OF their boats
this morning to search for the men and
boats, and on it's return the crew re-
ported no sign of the fleet. The fishing
nets were found strewn upon the shore.
Wave Sweeps Over Island.
Captain Bravo says that he anchored
ON the lee side of Elliott's Key, twenty
five miles south of Miami. yesterday
morning, and soon after tidal wave
engulfed the island. He says there were
250 residents on the island. all of whom
were lost. The st. Lucie was crushed
by the same wave and of the 100 persons
on board, twenty-five were killed.
Captain Bravo was seriously injured.
barge containing 100 people is said to
have been torn away from its moorings
al Elliotts Key and afterwards picked up
near the Bahama Islands, fifty of her
passengers having been drowned.
The ST. Lucies home port was Tampa
She was built In Wilmington, Del, in 1855,
vas of 105 net tonnage, 122 feet long and
"a in breadth. She was usually manned
by crew of thirteen. The st. Lucje had
formerly been in service at New Haven
Details are lacking.
The steamer st. Luce belongs to the
fleet of the Florida East Coast railway.
and is employed in carrying workmen
to and from the extension work on the
keys. Despite the storm warning Captain
Bravo sailed for Key Sarge with large
number of workmen aboard.
Havana, October 19.AA cyclone of un-
precedented severity accompanied by a
terrific downpour of rain. swept over
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces
Wednesday night and resulted in twenty
deaths in this city and the serious injury
of a dozen or more persons. The dam
age is estimated at fully $1,000 900.
The dead are all Cubans of the poorer
classes. The United States cruiser Brook
1yn, dragged her anchors until her stern
grounded in the mud off La Regla. She
got off this morning without injury.
The storm caused great havoc among
the shipping in the harbor. Many build
ings were badly damaged and nearly
all the trees in the city and suburbs were
uprooted.
Heavy Damage at Camp Columbia.
The 1000 American soldiers and ma
rlnes at Camp Columbia were put to
great Inconvenience. Nearly 400 tents
we're blown down. but there was little
actual damage. Harry Fosdick. an army
teamster with the Twenty eighth infan-
try from Sioux City, Ia, sustained prob
ebly fatal injuries He was crushed by
a tree which fell through the barracks
In which he was sleeping. Fred SUIT
cliffe of FIT Smelling. had his head Sc
riously injured and Thomas Shonealt of
Reading, Pa, sustained injuries to his
back.
One hundred and fifty tobacco barns
in the Aluuizar district have been de-
stroyed
The recently planted tobacco crop also
has been seriously damaged Enormous
damage is reported from Guira section,
the center of the banana growing These
crops are said to have been practically
destroyed Many small farmers have LOST
their all, and are in great distress
Matanzas Injured Slightly.
Matanzas City is practically uninjured
only a few houses sustaining damages.
No loss of life has yet been reported from
outside Havana. but a message received
today says five persons were injured at
Nunez
All street car service in Havana was
paralyzed and communication with out
side points was impossible. The tele-
graphic service was annihilated.
The first train to come into the city
since the storm was the Santiago express,
which arrived this afternoon. Passengers
report that the devastation does not reach
far into the eastward.
Havana recovered quickly from the eff
fects OF the storm, and today. except for
the presence of gangs of men replanting
uprooted trees and the sight of wreckage
In the harbor, one would not know that
such severe storm had. blown over this
end of the island.
, Tonight gay crowds are promenading
the streets and lounging in the cafes. ap-