Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-27
CYCLONES RACE.
Havana Visited by Worst
Storm In Years.
CRUISER BROOKLYN ASHORE.
American Camps In Suburbs Wrecked
by Hurricane.
CRUISER BROOKLYN ASHORE.
CUBA LONG CUT Off FROM WORLD

Oar warships I'm Harbor Rode out
storm. but In Great Peril when
Anchors Dragged Many Coasting
vessels Driven High Up ON Rocks,
sixteen Persons Persisted In city
and MANY Fatalities aud Much Dam
age Is Reported From Outlying Dis
fricts-Fifty Houses In Capital Were
wrecked - street Car nna Electric
Light service Held Up.
HAVANA. Oct. 20.-As result of
the worst cyclone that Iavana has ex-
perienced since 1904 and that shut off
Cuba from the rest Of the world for
more than thrty-sx hours, sixteen per
sons are known 70 have lost Their
lives, scores were Injured and great
damage caused to property
The Prado and many parks in the
city have been practically destroyed,
and thirty-iye lighters have been sent
to the bottom. All electric communi-
cation within the city and with the
outside world was cut Off The whole
American feet Of warships that lay nj
anchor in the harbor was menaced,
and one of them was blown ashore
but soon floated again.
The troops and sailors, however, es-
capped injury, and the fatalities are
confined to natives.
More than 1000 of the tents In
Camp Columbia, where the American
troops are lodged, were blown to tat
ters. and a few of the soldiers were
slightly injured, the majority, however,
escaping with a good drenchng.
The Brooklyn dragged her anchor un-
I'll her stern grounded in the mud off
la Regla. She was stranded for many
hours. but got off without injury.
Harry Fosdick. an army teamster
with the Twenty eighth infantry from
Sioux City, Ia, sustained probably IA
tai injuries He was crushed by
tree which fell through the barracks in
which he was sleeping. Fred SUIT
cilHe of Fort Smelling had his head
seriously injured. and Thomas Shonealt
Of Reading, Pa, sustained injuries to
his back.
One hundred and fifty tobacco barns
In the Alquizar district have been de-
stroyed. The recently planted tobacco
crop also has been seriously damaged.
Enormous damage is reported from the
Gulra section the center Of the banana
and plantain growing industry. These
crops are said TO have been practically
totally destroyed Many small farm
ers have lost their all and are in great
distress
The cruisers Denver and Minneapo-
lis. the battleship Texas the auxiliary
cruiser Prairie and the supply ship
Celtic all dragged their anchors more
or less but prompt seamanship ayerted
collisions These ships were all made
fast to permanently anchored buoys
which never before were known to
have dragged The damage sustained
by the squadron amounts to little. Two
boats were lost. and some of the lighter
deck fittings were carried away. The
bridge of the Prairie was displaced
Two coasting schOoners were driven
high on the rocks at the MalacOu The
crew of one managed to get ashore.
but the crew of the other. four men,
was drowned. The chartered army
transport Cubano, from Newport News
with horses and mules and a few
teamsters, has arrived here after a ter
rife struggle with the hurricane at sea
In Havana city about fifty houses
We're more or less injured, but owing
TO the massive construction Of roofs
and walls the damages are serious in
only a few Instances The buildings
of the University Of Havana sustaine ?
damages amounting to many thousands
of dollars. a partition wall In the
American legation was blown down.
The office furniture was ruined. and
the books and records of The legation
were wet through
Eight persons were killed and four
were injured by the collapse Of a tene-
ment house on Inquisidor street The
other fatalities resulted from falling
signs and cornlces. contact with live
wires in the city or By drowning in the
harbor. The great unoccup'ed brick
building covering the old United rail
road wh'"f ne1r Recla was totally
demolished
The street car service I'm Havana has
been partly resumed. but the powders
that We're washed across the track Of
the suburban line alone Ale sea front
have not yet been removed One OF
the wrecked schooners is now perched
on tie rocks in front of the Sauta