The Washington herald., 1906-10-19
CUBA STILL CUT OFF
No Communication with Is
land Yet Established.
FEAR LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST
Struck Key west Yesterday Morn
iHS- Then Turning, Headed North
eastward in Atlantic Ocean-No
word from Havana since Early
NesteTday-Ships in Harbor There.

Up TO an early hour this morning no
communication has been established with
Havana or any Cuban cable station. and
from the meager telegra7hic reports Of
the storm from Florida coast points it Is
feared that detailed reports OF the terrific
tropical hurricane that has been sweeping
the island viii show that lives have been
lost and hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth Of damage done.
Although it is impossible TO accurately
estimate the area Of the storm center. it is
known that the wind attained a velocity of
more than seventy miles an hour.
The big storm has veered out TO sea.
according to a statement made last
night by Prof. a. J. Henry. Of the
Weather Bureau. II began 10 rain in
Washington Wednesday and it was sup
posed when the d0wnpOur continued yes
terday and telegraph wires wouldn't
work. that this vicinity was getting
forelock of the heavy weather from the
Antilles. But there has been no wind
here, only a steady rain. rather driz-
zie- The intense moisture was the cause
of the telegraph wire trouble.
The Weather Bureau reports that the
storm passed over Cuba Wednesday aight
and is now probably somewhere in the
vicinity of the Bahama Islands
Prof. Henry said there was no wind
along the South Atlantic coast and the
storm had spent its strength in that 10
cality. The storm warnings along the
Atlantic coast which were ordered out
Wednesday and again yesterday after
noon, VIII bc withdrawn this morning.
Vessels in Cuban Waters.
The vessels Of the new navy now in
Cuban waters which may be affected by
the storm are distributed as follows The
collier Leonidas the cruisers Brooklyn,
Denver, and Minneapolis, at Havana the
cruiser Cleveland at Cienfuegos, the
cruiser Des Moines at Santiago. the
cruiser Newark. en- route from Guam
tanamO for Havana; the cruiser Tacoma
at Manzanillo, the Prairie at Havana.
the battle ship Texas at Havana and
the supply ship Celtic. also at Havana.
There are several vessels now used as
army transports under charter in the
harbor at Havana.
The War Department has had no ad-
vices concerning the storm. Up to noon
yesterday the Quartermaster Generals
office had received half a dozen dispatches
direct from Havana, but nothing since
that hour.
The storm which passed over Cuba was
last night central off the cast coast Of
Florida. Tt is a tropical disturbance Of
small diameter, but OF great severity in
and near the vortex. It passed over
Sand Key and Key West. Fla, at
o clock yesterday morning. and the winds
attained a maximum velocity Of seventy
two miles an hour
Appeared Last Tuesday.
The storm first appeared in the Carib-
bean Sea last Tuesday and developed n
northerly course. Wednesday night it
passed over the western part of Cuba.
and was felt in Havana 1t has a north
mort heasterly course. which VIII probably
take it out irto the Atlantic Ocean.
where the Weather Bureau officials ex-
pect it to develop great severity. 1t win
also probably be felt along the South At
lanuc coast. but not TO the extrem de-
no coal dust, or trouble. Sanitary
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