New-York tribune., 1906-10-20

Fort Smelling, seriously injured in the head
| Thomas Shonealt of Reading PENN was hurt
| in the back
One hundred and fifty tobacco barns in the
| Alquizar District have been destroyed The re-
Gently planted tobacco crop also has been seri-
| ously damaged. Great damage is reported from
the Guira section, the centre of the banana and
plantain growing industry. These crops are said
TO have been practically totally destroyed. Many
| small farmers have lost their all and are in
great distress.
Matanzas City was practically uninjured, only
few houses there sustaining damages. No loss
of life has yet been reported from outside Ha-
vana. but message received to-day says five
persons injured at Nuhez
All streetcar service in Havana was stopped
and communication with outside points was
impossible Telegraph service was completely
cut off
The first train to enter the city after the storm
the Santiago express, due here early this
morning 1t arrived this afternoon. Passengers
report that the devastation does not reach far
eastward
Havana recovered quickly from the effects of
gangs of men replanting uprooted trees, and the
wreckage in the harbor, one would not know
that such a severe storm had blown over this
end of the island.
Tonight gay crowds are pronenadlng the
streets and loungng in the cafes. apparently
foroa+f,,l the fearful which
their city has just passed, streetcar traffic was
fully resumed this afternoon.
The storm caused the greatest damage and
confusion III the haroor. The cruiser Brooklyn
drifted further than any other warship, and
finally brought up off La Regla with her stern
in the mud. She got off this morning under her
own steam and has sustained injury. The
cruiser Denver, the cruiser Minneapolis, the
battleship Texas. the auxiliary cruiser Prairie
and the supply ship Celtic all dragged their
anchors more less 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 amounts to
little Two boats 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 Malecon The of one man
aged to get ashore, but the four men on the
other were drowned. The chartered army trans
port Cubano, from Newport News, with horses
and mules and few teamsters, arrived here
this morning after a fierce struggle with the
gale off the Florida coast Her foremast was
carried away and huge swept her decks
Her superstructure was damaged. and a number
of stalls were carried away. One hundred mules
and twenty horses were swept overheard and
many other animals injured
The total number of lighters sunk in the har-
Dor has not yet been ascertained. Many of
them were loaded with sugar and other mer-
chandise. upon which the loss will be great
Owing TO the lack of lighters. steamers are now
harging alongside the wharves. The storm
drove the lighters against the harbOr bulkheads
where they were broken up sunk The har-
Dor has been searched for dead. and it is now
believed that all the bodies have been found.
In Havana city about fifty houses were more
or less injured but owing to the massive
struction Of roofs and walls the damages are
serious in only few instances. The buildings
of the University of Havana sustained damages
amounting TO many thousands of dollars.
partftion wall in the American Legation was
blown down. The Office furniture was ruined
and the books and records Of the legation were
wet through The light wooden structures over
the sea baths at Vcdado were badly wrecked.
The great unoccupied brick building covering
the old United Railroad wharf La Regla
was totally demolished.
The principal loss of life occurred in a tenc
rnent house in Inquisidor street occupied by
many poor families. The projecting upper por
ton OF this building collapsed first and then the
,hree floors fell. EIgh; Of the Inhabitants
..ere giIied and ne We're injured The othee
es.,li,.c, reslltce from failing s,Sns and cor
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