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

parentlv quite oblivious OF ethe fearful
experience through which their city has
passed. Street car traffic was fully re-
sumed today.
Great Confusion In Harbor.
The storm caused the greatest confu-
sion in the harbor. The Brooklyn drifted
further than any other warship, and
finally brought up off La Regla with her
stern in the mud. She got off this morn
ing under her own steam and mas sus-
tained no injury. The cruiser Denver,
the Minneapolis, the Texas, the Prairie
and the supply ship Celtic all dragged
their anchors more or less, but promp-
seamanship averted collisions. These
ships were all made fast to permanent
buoys, which never before were known to
have dragged.
The damage sustained 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 hlgn
on the rocks at the Malecon. The crew
of one managed to get ashore. but the
crew of the other, four men, were
drowned.
The chartered army transport Cubano,
from Newport News with horses and
few Transfers arrived this morning after
a terrific struggle with the gale off the
Florida coast.
One hundred mules and twenty horses
were swept overheard.
Many Lighters Sink In Harbor.
The number of lighters sunk in the har-
Dor has not yet been ascertained Many
of them were loaded with sugar and other
merchandise, upon which the loss VIII
be great. Owing to the lack of lighters,
steamers are now discharged alongside
the wharves. The storm drove the light
ers against the harpor bulkheads, where
they were broken up. The harbor has
been searched for dead and 1t is now be-
Iieved that all the corpses have been
found.
In Havana City about fifty houses were
more or less injured.
The buildings of the University of Ha-
vana sustained damage amounting to
many thousands of dollars. The office
furniture was ruined in the American le-
cation and the books and records were
wet through The light wooden structure
over the sea baths at Vedado were badly
wrecked
Eight persons were killed and four in
iured by the collapse of tenement house
in Inouisidor street. Several other fatal
tiles resulting from falling signs and cor
nices in contact with live wires in the
city or by drowning in the harbor. Tho
large brick building covering the old Uni
ted Railroad wharf, near La Regla, was
demolished.
Alarm at Leading Hotels.
During the heighth of the storm there
was great alarm among the guests of the
Inglaterra and other hotels. Doors, Win
dows and skylights were blown in and the
fierce rain flooded the rooms.
The destruction of trees by the cyclone
was most remarkable feature. Through
out the length of the Prado scarcely one
no "a ri "
all uprooted Havana has thus lost one
of it's chief beauties, for it will be many
months before they can be replanted.
The parks also were destroyed. In Central
Park Colon Park. San Juan de Dios Park
and in the Plaza de Armes there are prac-
tically no trees left standing. The foliage
in the Vedado, Cerro and other suburbs
suffered likewise.
The streets in the lower part of the city
were flooded to a depth of foot or more,
and the lower floors of the buildings were
inundated. The loss to merchandise and
lighters and to the wharyes and ware
houses will be great, but no accurate esti-
mate has yet been made
The electric power service was put out
of commission and consequently no news
papers could be published this morning.
The injury to the sugar crop is not Sc
rious The rivers of Havana and Pinar
del Rio provinces have overfowed in the
lovlands and~norses. cattle and pigs by
the hundred have been drowned.
Increased in Severity.
The storm began at an early hour in
the evening, and increased in severity at
night when the wind reached a maximum
velocity of eighty miles an hour. The
weather observer of the Belen college in
formed the Associated Press that the ba-