The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-20
TO-day's Figures Place Hur-
Ticane Loss at That
Havana Was Badly Shaken and Casualty
Of 20 Is Reported from That City
Lighthouses on n. $. Coast
Damaged Very Much.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct 20. Today's
figures on the hurricane disaster give
the number of lives lost al 500 and
upwards Of 100000 property loss.
Practically the entire fleet Of the Flor
ida Fish and Product company is be.
lieved to have been lost.
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Key West Fla, Oct. 20. The Aus
trian steamship Jennie has called at this
port to land 40 workmen who were
picked up near the Bahama coast The
men were part Of a force Of $50 who
were engaged in coast extension work.
Nine other barges with men are believed
to be lost. From Cape Florida south
to the point Of the peninsula there Is
scarcely lighthouse that was not dam
aged.
Havana. Oct 20.-A cyclone Of unprec-
edented severity, accompanied by q ter
rife downpour of rain, swept over the
provinces Of Havana and Pinar del Rio
Wednesday night and resulted in twenty
deaths in this city and the serious in
jury of dozen or more persons. The
damage is estimated at S2.000,000. The
dead are all Cubans Of the poorer class
Matanzas city was practically unin-
iured. only few houses there sustain
ing damages. but Eve persons were in
jured at Nunez.
The storm caused the greatest damage
and confusion in the harbor. The Brook
lyn drifted further than any other war
ship and finally brought up of la Regia
with her stern in the mud She got Oh
yesterday morning under her own steam
and has sustained no injury The cruis.
ers Denver and Minneapolis. the battle.
ship Texas, the auxiliary cruiser Prairie
and the supply ship Celtic, all dragged
their anchors, but prompt seamanship
averted 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 is small
Two eoasting steamers were driven
high on the rocks at the Malecon 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, arrived
here yesterday after terrible struggle
with the gale of Florida Her fore
mast WAS carried away and hinge seas
swept her decks. Her superstructme was
damaged and number Of stalls were
carried away. One hundred mules and
20 horses we're swept overheard and
many other animals we're injured
Many of the lighters sunk ii the har.
s1or were loaded with sugar aud Other
merchandise upon which the loss will
be great Steamers ere now discharg
ing alongside the wharves The storm
drove the lighters against the harboi
bulkheads, where they were broken III
and sunk. The harbor has been search
cd for dead and it is believed that AL
the bodies have been found
Damage in Havana.
IN Havana City about afty houses
>ssre damaged. The buildings Of tht
university Of Havana Sustained damag,
amounting TO many thousands Of dol
lars. A partition wall III tho American
legation was blown down. The ofic,
furniture was ruined and the books ant
records OF the legation were wet through
The light wooden structures over tht
sea baths at Vedado were badly wreck
ed The great unoceupied brick build
ing covering the old United Railroa,
wharf near la Ieela was demolished
The principal loss 81 life occurred il
tenement house III lnquisidor street oe
cupied by many poor families The pro
iecting upper portion collapsed first an,
then three floors fell Eight OF tn,
inhabitants we're killed and five other
injured. The other fatalities resulte,
from falling signs and eerniees. contac