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

battery, Field Artillery, was made nncon-
scious for a time by q tree falling on his back.
but his injuries are not eriou Frederick
8. Sutcliffe, a civilian wagon master, sus-
tanned an extensively lacerated wound on
the scalp. his eye is confused and he has
q slight paralysis OF arms and hand but II
not in a serious condition. All Of the men
are in the Mercedes hospital doing well.
The three men were sleeping in q shed at
the arsenal in Havana. Trees were blown
upon the roof, carrying the tiles down upon
them.
The Navy Department was relieved by
a despatch early in the day from Havana
signed by Capt. Arthur A. Nazro. COM
handing the cruiser Brooklyn, which said:
Vessels Of the squadron suffered no ma
terial damage from hurricane last night"
This is especially gratifying. for yesterday
there were many rumor that the Brooklyn
herself had zone aground.
The Marine Corps headquarters also had
a despatch which said chat that branch OF
the service had not suffered. The Com
missary- General OF ire army had the same
sort Of advices, although a few stores wore
slightly damaged.
In one Of his dispatches Crig.-Gen. Bell.
commanding in Cuba n from whom most Of
theWar Departments information came. said
that there has been slight damage to rations
and clothing by water.
TRANSPORT cUBANA GOT IT HARD.
The most serious loss reported to h War
Department was Of 1873 horses and mules
from the transport Guiana. which went
through the storm in the open sea while
en- route from Newport News to Havana.
The steel foremost Of the Guiana was snapped
OF and fell overheard. killing and carrying
with it many animals which were on the
deck. The ship went clear through the
path Of the storm. n the master said in
Havan that il was the worst he had ever
seen and that it was fortunate that the YES
sci pulled through at all.
The Quartermaster General telegraphed
to havana this afternoon for Information
as 10 just how many horses and how nan
mules had been lost so that he could replace
them Immediately. The Cubana has
started unloading the live animals n will
then go out to sea to get rid Of the e
Not all OF the beasts were killed by the
mast. but the rough weather probably
caused the death of the majority.
DESTRUCTION OF AMT COLUMBIA.
According to the reports from Gen. Bell.
Camp Columbia has been destroy ed The
greatest difficulty now is with communion
ton. All telegraph wires are down. The
general stables and two Quartermaster's
stables in Camp Columbia were completely
destroyed. but no animals killed. h
Q-uaTtermaster's and commissary store
houses withstood the storm and there was
only a slight damage by water to the stores.
Two sanitary carts were destroyed.
When the first expeditionary brigade
went from the United States to Cuba IL
left behind the engineer pontoon train.
which officers who knew all about Cuba
said would be unnecessary. there being
no rivers in the island large enough 10 re-
quire pontoon bridges. This was a mis-
take. according to Gen. Bell. who says it
shows the inadvisab ility Of being unpre-
pared in any way in military matters.
The floating bridge over the Almandares
River between Camp Columbia and Havana
was washed away by the storm and the
necessary detour to Havana from the camp
makes the distance twelve miles. Com
munication is slow and inefficient and Gen.
Bell wants a pontoon bridge sent to him
Immediately.
Gen. Bell sent five dispatches to the
War Department. The delay in transmits
sion makes il uncertain which was sent
first. In one of the messages he says;
"All trees in park in front Of palace blown
down; trees throughout the city and in
Mariana destroyed. Warning was re-
ceived from observatory Of coming Of storm
an hour before its arrival; all commanding
officers at Camp Columbia promptly noti-
fed and ooh precautions which minimized
damage All outside station commanders
were notified. but nothing has been heard
from them as to result Of storm. Head
quarters building slightly damaged
Another despatch said:
Light shipping in harbor was con-
siderably damaged; about twenty-five
lighters sunk at their wharves and in the
harbor. Some were employed in our ser
vice. but had very few stores on board.
Nearly all lighters loaded with army sup
plies were safely brought to shore and
since discharged, with the exception Of a
few pieces that so far are missing, al
though the loss in this respect is very slight
Another despatch from Gen. Bell said:
Floating bridge over A~lmandares River
between military headquarters at Camp
Columbia and Havana washed away by
storm. Necessary detour on only other
bridge increases distance from Havana to
about twelve miles. Means of. commune
cation slow and insufficient. Engineer pom
toon train left behind on assurances Of
officers from personal knowledge that no
rivers in Cuba we're large enough to require
pontoon bridges; pontoon train * ncces-
sary o at crossing Of AlmardarcS; re-
quest IL be sent az soon as p~ractiCable; this
experience illustrates the iradvisability
Of being unprepared in any way in military