Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
EXTENT OF DAMAGE IN PINAR
DEL RIO NOT FULLY REPORT
ED, BUT is GREAT
DESTROYS MANY HOMES
Mayor OF Batabano Makes Appeal for
Relief for the observation-disclosures
Gets Brunt of Storm and Suffers
Heavy Losses Of Life and Property.

Havana Oct. 20-Reports of the
,samage done by the storm in the in
terror of the island continue to come
in slowly. The extent of the damage
done to the tobacco crop in the prov
tnce of Pinar Del Rio is not yet fully
known, but Is believed to be great.
The principal havoc outside of Hava
ma Is reported to have been at Bata-
Dano, where seven men were drowned.
The American steamers Campbell and
Sara were wrecked, many houses des-
troyed and 200 persons rendered home
less. The mayor of Batabano has Is
sued an appeal for the relief of the
destitute. The brunt of the storm
seems to have been sustained by the
city of Havana and suburbs.
Washington, D. c. Oct. 20.-Briga.
der General Elliott, commandant of
the marines, today received cable
gram from the commandant Of the ma
rines at Havana, stating that the ma
rine camps had suffered only slight
damage and there are no casualties,
that all are we'll
Twenty Are Killed.
Havana, Cuba, Oct. 2O.-A cyclone,
which began here Wednesday after
noon reached its full fury Thursday
morning. The greatest damage occur
red in tie harbor and along the docks
A number of smaller crafts and light
ers We're sunk and some houses were
blown down.
The total number of deaths is twen-
ty, all Cubans of the poorer class.
There are number of sailors among
the dead. Several score of longshore-
men and sailors were injured.
A torrential downpour of rain com
pletely stepped the street car service,
and the wind and rain made it next to
Impossible to get about on the streets
Trees in the parks and along the shad
ed avenues were blown down in large
numbers. The cyclone was confined
to the provinces of Havana and Pinal
del Rio. Matanzas City escaped. AL
Geographic communications were an
initiated. Yesterday the wind moder
ated greatly, and the city is fast re
fsuming its normal appearance.
100000 Damage.
1t is estimated the damage in Hava
ma province will reach fully 100000
One hundred and fifty tobacco barn:
in the Alquizar district were destroy
ed. The recently planted tobacco
crop has also been seriously injured
Enormous damage is reported from
the Guira section, the center of the ba
mana and plantain growing district
These crops are said to have beer
small farmers lost their all and are il
great distress.
Save for the activity in all quarter
Of the city of hundreds of men of tn
public works department, under tn
direction of Lieutenant Colonel Black
OF the United States engineers, in re
planting uprooted trees, Havana yes
terday resumed it's normal aspect.
Harbor Full of Wrecks.
There are no other traces of tn
hurricanes visit excepting mass {
wrecked lighters protruding from tn
surface of the harbor. These sma
vessels were almost all driven by tn
force of the wind against the harbc
sank The street car traffic was full
resumed but electric light, telegrap
and telephone services Were still bad
crippled. The harbor has bee
searched for dead, and it is now y
lieved all the bodies have been foun
Reports were received here fro
Nunez which say that five person
were injured there. Subsequent r
ports from Matanzas City declal
some houses there sustained sligl
damages.
The cruiser Brooklny dragged h,
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