The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21
DAMAGE IN CUBA
WAS NOT So
SEVERE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES
HIT BY SENDING MESSAGE
OF SYMPATHY.
SMALL PART SUFFERED
Havana Province the Heaviest Hit BY
misunderstanding Sent BY
Priest to the u. s. Troops
in the City.

Havana. Oct 20-W0rds expressly,
of the warmest appreciation ant
gratitude were heard on all sides this
evening when President Roosevelt
message ofsympathy for the poor oi
Cuba because of the damage wrought
by the saorm was made public
Reports received by Governor Ma
goon this evening from provincial
governors show that the hurricane
was less disastrous than was at first
/ believed. The storm was confined
mainly to the provinces of Havana
and Pinar del Rio Batabano 2 miles
southwest of Havana, was The only
! town except he capital which suffer
ed greatly. Tho MAYOR Of that place
nine persons were killed and many
missing.
The American steamer Columhi4
nlying between fhc I-lc of Pines and
the coast and The Sara, went ashore
and many small craft were wrecked
Numerous houses were blown down
and hundreds Of persons are homeless
and destitute. The loss there / 5000
600.
At Matanzas. where the Twen Y
o ghth infantry is cncampod and at
Cadenas. VIII the fifth Infantry Is
quartered tents were blown down
and considerable damage was done tol
property No person was injured. All
the southern portion Of Havana pro
vince was flooded and great damage
done to crops and buildings
+ was feared al hest thai thers
would be many fatalities amog the
United States troops in Camp Colum- |
bia, but the men escaped, with the
exception OF few, who Sustained |
slight bruises. More than l.l00 tents |
were blown down, however, and the |
soldiers were forced to take refuga in
the old barracks, which withstood tho /
force of The wind which blew more
ihan 120 miles an hour. The only in
iuries were caused by flying tent
poles.
Warning Sent by Phone.
Greater damage would have been
lone in the camp but for the fact
that the officers had been notified of
he approach of the storm by priest
It Belano college.
Prof Loveat Gungoit. a noted wea-
her observer Of Belano college oh
ervat9ry, telephoued 10 the United
states camp At 1880 o'clock Wednes-
lay might that a cyclone was coming
nd would sweep the city within an
our.
The officers promptly gave orders p
o secure all property, and the sol. {
icrs jumped to the work At exactly +
80 the blast hit the camp and rows q
{ tents went down like paper walls.
he polls flying through the air. The
len had sough refuge in the barracks
owever. and these resisted the fury
f the wind.
When the telephone message was
eceived word was sent to the cap. c
aims Of the various warships. and
hey proceeded at once TO make all
mug and take every precaution TO
ave ships and men.
As a result the Minneapolis. Texas.
'enver and Prairie rode ont the gals
safety. But the cruiser Brooklyn |
ragged her moorings and at the
eight of the storm touched bottom a.
be was got off however. with no !
lmagc. W
The greatest money los occurred
the harbor. where 35 lighters. many "
them loaded with valuable mer =
landise. were sunk. Nineteen belong ID
the Ward line and others to Jose "
,nzalcs. =
Two cGasting schooncrs were blown IA
horc. one al Malacon and the o'har
NiVado. This later suburb suffered
vcrely. =