River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-25
HUNDREDS LOSE LIVES
in FIERCE HURRICANE
Tidal Waves EnguIf Elliott Key. Drown
ing $50 Persons and Crushing
Steamer on Which Fifty
Met Death.

Miami, Fla.-Elliott's Key, small
island 20 miles south of Miami, was
infulfed by tidal wave Thursday
morning. Two hundred and fifty per-
sons were drowned.
one hundred residents of the island
took refuge on board a barge. The
hurricane tore the barge from it's
mornings and drove it out to sea.
Afterwards the barge was picked up
near the Bahama islands, so of it's
passengers having been drowned.
Ship Comes with Victims.
News of the disaster at Elliott's
Key was brought. to Miami by Capt.
Bravo, of the steamer st. Lucie.
On the steamer were 60 injured
from Elliott's Key. They were taken
to the hospital. Twenty eight bodies
have been recovered at Elliott's.
Twenty-Five Killed.
Capt. Bravo says that he anchored
the st. Lucie on the lee side of Ell
liOtt's Key. The tidal wave which in
quilted the island crushed the ST.
Lucie, and of the 100 passengers on
board 25 were killed. Capt. Bravo
was seriously injured.
Fishing Fleet Wiped Out.
1t is believed now that a portion of
the Florida Fish & Produce com
pany's fleet was destroyed. Manager
Adams sent out one of their boats to
look for the men and boats and on
their return they reported no signs
of the fleet. The fishing nets were
found strewn upon the shore.
Dead at Havana.
acknowledgement dead, scores of
injured, 100000 worth of property
destroyed, and traffic and electrical
communication within the city
blocked is the extent of the evil
wrought by the worst hurricane Ha-
vana has known since 1894. The ia
talities are confined to the natives.
The American troops and sailors
are safe. A thousand tents in Camp
Columbia were blown down, and its
1000 soldiers and marines in camp
put to great inconvenience, but there
was little actual damage. Harry Eos
dick, an army teamster with the
Twenty-eighth infantry from Sioux
City, Ia, sustained probably fatal
injuries He was crushed by a tree
which fell through the barracks in
which he was sleeping. Fred Sutcliffe
of Fort Smelling, was seriously in
jured in the head, and Thomas Sho
of C1Icf inn6 in.
juries to his back. These comprise
the extent of the casualties to Ameri
cans in or near the city.
Priest Saves Camp and Fleet.
The camp and fleet were saved by
the timely warning of Father Love al
Guangoiti, the noted weather observer
of Bellen college observatory. He tel
ephoned the camp at 1880 O'Clock
Wednesday night that cyclone Woulo
sweep through it within an hour. The
soldiers jumped to make safe theil
property and themselves, and exactly
at $3.50 o'clock the blast hit the camp
and whole rows of tents went dOwr
like paper walls, poles flying through
the air, but the men were in the bar
racks and safe.
The captains of the warships in the
harbor also were warned in time K
make all snug.
The storm began with a heavy rail-
and wind. About six o'clock it rapid
" increased, and at midnight was a
it's height, blowing 80 miles an hour
The streets were like rivers, store:
were flooded, street cars were
swamped, great buildings shook, win
dows and doors gave way, and super
structures were blown into the streets
and parks.
Damage in the City.
When the fury of the hurricane haC
subsidized it was seen that about 81
houses were more or less injured, bu
owing to the massive construction o
roofs and walls the damage is serl
Gus only in few instances.
The buildings of the University o
Havana sustained damages amountin:
to many thousands of dollars.
A partition wall in the American
legation was blown down. The Office
furniture was ruined and the books
and records of the legation were we
through.
The light wooden structures Owe
the sea baths at Vedado were badly
wrecked.
Eight persons were killed and fou
were injured by the collapse OF ten
ement house in Inquisidor street. The
other fatalities resulted from falling
signs and cornices, contact with live
wires in the city, or by drowning IL
the harbor.
The great unoccupied brick building
covering the old United railroad whar
near La Regla, was totally demolished
The Jai ALA building and havana
building were unroofed. Inc IRON