The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21

the bodies Of the men who were washed
ashore from the 81, LUCE. The steamer
Biscayne gave the Virginia twenty-five
men to assist in picking up the dead The
Biscayne was at Long Key after the storm
and reported boat No. Z gone to sea.
STEAMER REscUEs 80.
KEY wtsr, Fla, Oct. eo.-The Austrian
steamer Jennie, Capt. Dudnich, bound
from Gulfport for Genoa, has cleared at
this port TO land s~ixty-nine workmen picked
up at sea near the Bahama coast, 10 miles
from Key West.
The men were part Of a force Of $50 work
men belonging to barge No. Z, engaged on
Fest Coast extension work. Most OF the
others we're either killed or drowned in the
storm early Thursday.
w. p. Dusenhury. ono OF the engineers
saved by the steame Jennie. soys the storm
struck barge 4 at S o'clock Thursday
morning. One hour later the househoat
went TO pieces in the raging sea and from
thirty to forty mon wero killed in the crash.
Dusenbury says nine other boats working
on the extension at Long Key went to sea
with barge I. He has no intelligence OF
their fate.
Officer Of the Jennie say that they heard
cries for bslp Thursday night and. following
the direction Of the sounds, came upon a
lot OF men floating in the sea-. clinging to
logs, lumber and small RATS. Boats were
lowered and the forty-nine men brought
here were rescued.
Three other : GAMERS. using ssarchli1hts.
came Oh the seine and assisted in saving
life. How many they rescued was not asccr-
tanned b. those aboard the saip Jennie
LOSS 7 y CUBA WIDESPREAD.
HAVANA. Oct. @O.-Well informed planters
estimate the lcsS Of sugar cane in the dis
tricts Of Havana, Pinar del Rio and Ma
tanzss Gt about 100, OOU tors. This less is
distributed among eighteen sugar estates
lying u the ecst and west of Havana,
though mos, OF the loss YVES in the districts
TO the eastward.
The storm seems TO have damaged Bata-
bsn more tn Al any other Individual town.
The Mayor of that place teleRrdphs Gov.
Magoon that zine persons we're killed OF
drowned there and several others IRE
missing. Forty yGwls have been lost and
steamers went ashore. The Mayor
estimate the properly less at 5000, 900. He
makes an appeal for help from other prov
NUS III tAlsJ ~ lux " dlOlh u
Reports from many other centres on the
island tell r story of the loss Of small crops
and OF tobacco seedlings. The Havana
Tobacco Company Gays, however, that the
loss to tobacco interests caused by the
storm will lie much Less than had heen
anticipated. The outlook on the whole is
bad.
The cruiser Brooklyn. which touched
the muddy bottom Of the harbor, was never
in any danger. She was moored to harbor
mornings when the wind changed and il
had given way it might have caused
some Inconvenience, but they held.
The Governor of Camaguey telegrap hs
that there was no hurricane at that place.
TRANSPORT KANAwHA
The transport Kama wba from Newport
Ne ws has not arrived yet and is overdue.
She II loaded with the horses Of the Eleventh
On account Of the loss of 1873
mules from the transport Guiana yester-
day some fear is felt for the Kanaw ha,
sailedfrom Newport Ne VS. at io'clock
October Il.
The Cuban schooner AmaIis, Of ninety
tors burden, bound to Mat1nzas from
Havana, was wrecked on the night OF the
storm rear Jaruco. The captain and Ave
tho crew were drowned.
The officer commanding the American
troops at Matanzas reports that the camp
was wrecked by the storm. The officer in
charge at CardeRcs rer orts that the hurri-
cane lasted from 10 O'Clock in the evening
till ffnthcmornine. -Thecamp was flooded
and most u the tents were blown down.
-. ha--.A L.. ---u..~l ~ fII--g--
telegram from President Roosevelt:
Hon. Charles l.. Mdgoon, Provisional Dor
ernor. Havana:
Through you desire tocXtend TO the people
Of Cuba the profound sympathy which this
feels for the misfortune which has
befallen them. I nestly hope that the
disaster may not be as great as reported,
especially as rega rds the crops, and that all
" III sgan speedily be we'll.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Tho telegram has treated an excellent
impression.
ARMT's LOSS HEAVY
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-DelGyed tele-
grams poured in on the Government de-
pa rments. to-day, giving the first Official
Information of the extent of the damage
done by the storm to Government property
In Havana. From other parts Of Cuba
has been no information.
OF the two branches Of the military SER
vice. the army and the ravy, tho army suf-
Tered the most. The wsrshirs in Havana
he rbor, 81 fret thought to ave been con-
sid crafty injured. were not materially
damaged No deaths in the army, navy
Or marine CORPS have been reported. Three
persons in the service Of the United States
injured, only one seriously. The
army's property losses are large and the
Observation-Disclosures has already started
their way ESQ new tents TO replace en-
equal number totally destroyed az Camp
Columbia near Havana.
President Roosevelt to-day sent messages
Of condoleEce to Cuba and to Florida.
For the disaster in Cuba he expressed his
regret through Provisional Governor Charles
F.. Magoon. The other message was sent
70 Gov. Broward at Tallahassee.
Tho message to Gov. BrOward follows:
Pray accept an expression Of my pro-
found sympathy for the people OF Florida
tho great disaster that has befallen them.
You will. Of course. call upon me il the Fed
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