Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-20
TORNADO TOOK HEAVY TOLL
OF LIFE IN FLORIDA KEYS

Ibers. The cyclone was confined to the
provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio
Matanzas City escaped. All telegraph
lie communication was annihilated. To
day the wind moderated greatly and
the city is fast resuming its normal ap
lpearance.
| Crops suffer Severely.
| Ii is estimated the damage in Ha-
vana province will reach fully $4,000
600 One hundred fifty tobacco barns
in the AIquizar district were destroyed.
The recently planted tobacco crop has
also been seriously injured. Enormous
damage is reported from the Quira Sec
] ton, the center of the banana and plan
tain growing district. These crops are
said to have been practically totally de-
Stroyed. Many small farmers lost their
all and all are in great distress.
BrookIyn's Stern Aground.
The cruiser Brooklyn dragged her
anchor until her stern was grounded in
the mud off Laregla. She got off this
morning without injury.
The 1000 American soldiers and mar
ines at Camp Columbia were put to
great inconvenience by the storm.
Nearly all of the 400 tents in the camp
were blown down. but there was little
actual damage Harry Fosdick, a team
ster with the 2Sth infantry from Sioux
City. Iowa. sustained probably fatal in
juries. He was crushed by a tree
which fell through the barracks in
which he was sleeping. Fred Sutcliffe.
from Fort Smelling. had his head seri-
ously injured; Thomas ShoneaIt of
Beading Pa. had his back injured
Matanzas City is practically uninjur-
ed. only few houses there sustaining
damage. No loss of life has Yet been
reported outside of Havana Matanzas
reported five persons injured at Nunez.
Transport Had Hard Trip.
The cruiser Denver, cruiser Minneap-
oils. battleship Texas, auxiliary rairie
and supply ship Celtic all dragged their
anchors more or less, but prompt sea
manship averted collision The dam
age sustained by the squadron amounts
to little. Two boats were lost and
some lighter deck fittings were carried
away. The bridge of the Prairie was
displaced.
Interior Did Not Escape.
Havana. Oct. 20.-Reports of the
damage of the storm in the interior of
the island continue TO come in slowly |
The extent of the damage done to the |
tobacco crop in the province of PiDar
Del Rio is not fully known. but it is |
believed to be great.
American Steamers suffer
The principal havoc outside of Hav-
ana is reported to have been at Bata-
bano. where seven men were drowned, |
the American steamers Campbell and |
Sara were wrecked, many houses de-
stroyed and 200 persons rendered home
less. The mayor of Batabano issued
an appeal for the relief of the desti-
tute. The brunt of the storm seems to
have been sustained by the cit yof
have been sustained by the city of
Central America suffers.
San Salvador, Oct. 20.-Tempests have
ragged necessarily for 10 days through
out the republic, resulting in great loss
Of life and the destruction of cattle and
crops. The Salvadorean man-of-war
Ixaico was lost at Acajutla. The topoS-
-aphy of various departments have been
buildings have fallen. burying
heir tenants in the ruins. and iron
bridges over the principal rivers have
been carried away. The rivers are
bringing down the bodies of persons
lrowned in the storm and the carcasses
If cattle. Guatemala and Honduras
llso have suffered severely. 1t is said
osses there will amount TO many mil
ions of dollars.