The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-20
CYCLONE AT
 CUBAN CITY Havana Suffers From
 Hurricane. SCORE OF LIVES WERE LOST Armed Cruiser Brooklyn Grounded During Tropical Storm. 0eautif.l Parks of Capitol of Island Were Ruined While Tobacco
 Barns a,d Marine Camp.
 Also Suffered.

Havana. Oct. 1s-A cyclone of un- 5rscedented severity, accompanied by terrific downpour of rain. swept over Havana and Pinsr del Rio prov inces Wednesday night and resulted in twenty deaths in this city and the serious injury of a dozen or mora persons. The damage is estimated at Cubahs of the poorer classes.
 The United States cruiser Brooklyn dragged her anchor until her stern grounded in the mud off La Reg.a. She got on this morning without .1- jury.
 The storm caused great havo: in the shipping harbor. Many buildings were badly damaged and nearly all the trees in the city and suburbs were uprooted. The 2,o00 Ameri an soldiers and marines at Camp CofU H. bia were put to great inconvenience
 Nearly 400 tents were blown down, but there was littfe actual damage. with the 18th infantry. from Sioux City, Iowa, sustained probably sAta! injuries. He was crushed by zee which fell through the barracks In which he was sleeping. rr.l Su-- cliffe of Fort Smelling had his head seriously injured and Thomas Shcne- alt of Reading, Pa.. sustained in!ur,es to his back.
 One hundred and fifty toba ccD barns in the Alquizar district have been de- stroyed.
 Tobacco Crop Damaged.
 The recently planted tobao:o crcp also has been seriously lawaged. Enormous damage is reported from Guira section, the center of the ba- mana and plantam growing. These crops are said to have been practi- cally sall destroyed. Many small fal- mers have lost their all and arc :I great distress.
 Matanzas City is practically unin- jured. only a few houses sustaining damages. No loss of life has yet been reported from outside Havana, but a message received today says five pev- sons were injured at Nunez.
 All street car service in Havana was paralyzed and communication with outside points was impossible. The telegraphic service was annihi- lated. .- The first train to come into the city since the storm was the Santiago Express which arrived tnis.. after % moon. Passengers report that the devastation does not reach far into the eastward.
 Havana Recovera Quickly.
 Havana recovered quickly from the effects of the storm and today except for the presence of gangs of men re- planting uprooted trees and the sight of 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 promenading the streets and lounging in the cafes, apparently quite oblivious of the fear ful experience through which their city has passed Street car traffic was full ly resumed today.
 The storm caused the greatest con- fusion in the harbor The 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 no injury. The cruisers Denver. the Minneapolis, the Texas, the Prairie and the supply ship Celtic all dragged their anchors more or less. but prompt seamanship avert ed collisions. These ships were all made fast to permanent buoys which never before were known to have drag ged.
 The damage sustained amounts to lit- tile. Two boats were lost and some of tho 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 crew of one managed to get ashore. but
 
 drowned. The chartered army trans port Cubano from Newport News with horses and a few teamsters arrived this morning after a terrific struggle with the gale off the Florida coast.
 One hundred mules and twenty horses wer swept overheard.
 The number of lighters sunk in the harbor has not yet been ascertained. Many of them were loaded with sugar and other merchandise upon which the loss will be great. Owing to the lack of lighters, steamers are now discharg- ing alongside the wharves. The storm drove the lighters against the harbor. butt heads where they were broken up The harbor has been searched for dead and it now believed that all the corpses have been found. --.
 Fifty Houses Injured.
 In Havana city about fifty houses were more or less injured. The build ings of the University of Havana sus- tained damage amounting to many. thousands Of dollars. The office fur nture was ruined in the Americtn le- gation and the books and records were wet through. The light wooden struc- ture over the sea baths at Vedado were badly wrecked.
 Eight persons were killed and four injured by the collapse of tenament house in 1nqufsidor street Several
 
 signs and cornices. in contact with live wires in the city or by drowning in the harbor The large brick building covering the old Tinted Railroad wharf near La Regla was demolished
 During the height of the storm there was great alarm among the guests of the Inglaterra and other hotels Doors. windows and skylights were blown in and the fierce rain flooded the rooms
 The destruction of trees by the cy- clone was most remarkable feature Throughout the length of the Urado scarcely one tree remained standing: they were nearly aI7 uprooted.
 Havana has thus lost one of its chief beauties. for 1t will be many months before they can be replanted. The parks also were destroyed. In Central Park, Colon Park. San Juan de Dios Park, and in the Plaza de Armas there are practically no trees left standing The foliage in the Vedado, Cerro and other suburbs suffered likewise.
 The streets in the lower part of the