Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-20

IidEIl!t, ''t't. IJ.-A cyclone OF I'M
precodented severity. accompanied by a
terrific doWnpOur of rain, swept over
the provinces Of Havana and Pinar Del
Rio Wednesday night and resulted in
20 deaths in this city and the serious in
jury of Il dozen or more persons. The
money loss is estimated at fully $1,000
900. The dead are all Cubans Of the
poorer class.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
dragged her anchor until her stern
grounded in the mud off La Regla. She
got off this morning without injury.
The storm caused havoc at Cienfue-
Cos among the shipping in the harbOr.
Many buildings We're badly damaged
and nearly all the trees in the city and
suburbs We're uprooted.
Thu 2000 American soldiers and ma
rineS at Camp Columbia We're put to
great inconvenience by the storm.
Nearly all the 400 tents in camp were
blown down, but there was little actual
damage. Harry F'osdick, an army team
stel with the 2Sth infantry from Sioux
City, a., sustained probably fatal in
jurit..s. He was crushed by q tree which
fell through the barracks in which ne
Smelling had his head seriously injured
and Thomas Shonealt 81 Reading. Pa.
sust aimed injuries to his back.
one hundred ana fifty tobacco barns
in the AlqIiZar district hav" been de
stroyc1. The recently planted tobacco
rr"r, also has been seriously damaged.
Enormous damage is reported from
thu. Guira section, the center of the
banana ana plantain growing industry
These crops are said to have been prac-
tically totally destroyed. Many small
farmers hay" lost their AL ANA ar" in
great distress.
Matanzas City was practically unn-
iurcd. only Il few houses there SUSTAIN
ing damagcS. No loss of life has Yet
been reported outside of Havana. but d
message received today says five n"r-
SONS were injured at NuncZ. All street
ear service in Havana WAS paralyZeI
ana communication with outside points
was impossible. The Geographic service
was annihilatcd.
The first train to come into tn" city
since the storm was the Santiago ex-
press. due here early this morning. ana
which arrived this afternoon. IasSen-
not reach far to the eastward.
TIL storm caused tlr greatest dam
ag,. and confusion in tn" hari"E. The
brooklyn driitcd further than amy nth-
er warahip ANA finally brought up ID
La Rc,sla. with her stern ~ N" inu.i.
| She. got OFF this morning under her "Wn
steam and has SUSTAINED no INJURY. Inc
| cruiser Denver. the cruiser Mh'n"Hp"-
lis. the battleShip Texas. IN" cruiser
Prairie and the supply snip CcItl' ri
| dragged their anchors NOR" or loss.
hut prompt sramanship av"rl"d colt
sinns. These ships Wer" all made lISt
IA po,manently anchored buoyS, which
| never before We're known t" nav" drag
| ged. The damage sustained bE M
squadron ;tInnints to little. TIM" h"uS
v.ra lost ana some Of tie Fighter dec X
strings were carried away. TN" bridge
| of the Prairie was displaced
| ,rwo coasting :, boomers wer" driven
| b;ph on the racks at the Malecon The
| crew of one mana ged to get ashore but
| the crew of the other. Tour HELL we're
| drowned The chartered army trans
| mort Cuhano from Newport News WIN
horses and mules and Few teams ar
rived here this morning ailer .rfri-
10 struggle with the gale OH the iof-
ida coast Her foremost was carried
away and huge seas swept her decks.
| Her cuperstructure was damaged ana
| q, number of stalls were carried away
| one hundred mules and - horses We're
swopt overheard and many o'her 'n'-
| mails were injured.
The total number of lighters sunken
IN the harbor has not yet neen aScer-
tanned. Many of them were loaded with
sugar and other merchandise upon
which the loss will be great.
The great unoccupied buiidihg cover,
;ne the old United States railroad
wharf near lie Rega was totaily uetiiol-
ished. The principal loss Oh ne occur
red in a tenement house on llquisluof
street. occupied by many poor lalliiileS
The projecting upper portion OF 'n's
building collapsed first ana tiell lhe
ltbree floors gave way and fell. Eight
If the occupants We're killed ana I'VE
were injured. The other 1aliiitieS re-
lsulted from falling signs ana cornlces
contact with live wires in the CITY OF
nv drowning in the harbor.