Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-25
Horlfylng Details Received Of Terrible
Storm
Whole Population Of an Island Said to
Have Perished
Ships Driven Upon Rocks of Havana Har-
Dor and Wrecked

cruiser Prairie and the supply ship
Celtic all dragged their anchors more
or less, but prompt seamanship avert
ed collisions. The damage sustained
by the squadron amounts to little
Two boats were lost and some lighter
deck fittings were carried away. The
bridge of the Prairie was displaced.
Two coasting schooners were driv
en- high on the rocks at the Malecon
The crew of one got ashore, but OF
the other crew, four men were
drowned. The army transport Cub
ano from Newport News with horses
and mules and a few teamsters ar
rived here yesterday morning after
a terrific struggle with the gale off
the Florida coast. Her mast was
carried away, and the huge seas
swept her decks. Her superstructure
was damaged and a number of stalls
carried away. One hundred mules
and 20 horses were swept overheard
and many other animals injured.
Numerous Fatalities.
In Havana City about so houses
were injured. The University of
Havana sustained damages amounting
to many thousands of dollars. The
partition wall in the American lega.
ton was blown down. The Office
furniture was runined and books and
records of the legation were wet
through. Eight persons were killed
and four injured by the collapse OF
a tenement house on InquisidoI
street. Other fatalities resulted from
falling signs and cornices, contact
with live wires in the city or by
drowning in the harbor.
Hundreds Of Lives Lost.
Miami, Fla, Oct. 20.-The steamer
ST. Lucie sunk off the Florida coast
One of the extension steamers ar
rived last night, bringing 60 wounded
and it is said there are % dead bodies
which will be brought up today. II
is believed that a portion of the Flor
ida Fish & Produce company's feet
was destroyed. A vessel that was
sent out to look for them has re-
turned and reported no signs of the
fleet.
Captain Bravo Of the st. Lucie says
he anchored on the lee side of Ell
liott's Key, 25 miles south of Miami
Thursday morning and that soon after
tidal wave engulfed the island. He
says there were $50 residents on the
island, all Of whom were lost. The
st. Lucie was crushed by the same
wave and of 100 passengers on board
20 were killed. Bravo was seriously
injured. A barge containing 1000
people is said to have been torn away
from its mornings at Elliott's Key
and afterward picked up near the
Bahama islands, so Of her passengers
having been drowned.
Central America Suffers.
San Salvador, Oct 20.--A tempest
has ragged necessarily for ten days
throughout the republic, resulting in
great loss of life and destruction Of
cattle and crops.
A Salvadorean man-of-war, the
Izalco, was lost at Acajutla.
The topography of various depart.
ments have been changed, buildings
have fallen, burying their tenants In
the ruins, and iron bridges over the
principal rivers have been carried
away.
The rivers are bringing down the
bodies of persons drowned in the
storm, and the carcasses of cattle.
Guatemala and Honduras also have
suffered severely. It is said that the
losses there will amount to many mil
lions OF dollars.
Reports Exaggerated.
Jacksonville. Fla, Oct. 20.-Passen
gerB arriving here from Miami report
that the damage there by the hurri
cane is nothing like as serious as a,
first reported. There was no damage
of consequence elsewhere north Of MI
ami. AT Miami the greatest damage
was to small houses and fences
Three stores were unroofed and avn
ings and sheds all over the city blown
down.
Damage spread Over Two Provinces
Havana. Oct 20.-The rivers OF
Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces
overhowed, and horses. cattle and
pigs by the hundreds have bee,
drowned. TIE weather observer n
Belen college informed the Associate
Press that the rainfall in "a hours
reached Az inches. The center a
the cyclone appears to have crossed
from the Caribbean, sweeping through
both provinces. IL passed north from