The San Francisco call., 1906-10-20

blown down, but there was little actual
damage Harry Fosdick, an army team
ster with the Twenty eighth Infantry.
from Sioux City, Iowa, sustained prob
ably fatal injuries. He was crushed by
a tree which fell through the barracks
in which he was sleeping. Frederick
SutcHffe of Fort Smelling was seriously
injured on the head, and Thomas
Shonealt of Reading, Pa, sustained in
Juries to his back.
One hundred and f1fty tobacco barns
in the Alquizar district were destroyed.
The recently planted tobacco crop
was seriously damaged. Enormous
damage is reported from Guira section,
growing industry. These crops are said
to have been practically destroyed
Many small farmers lost their all and
are in great distress.
Matanzas City was practically unin-
jured, only few houses there sustain
ing damage. No loss Of life has yet
been reported from outside Havana,
but a message received today says five
persons were injured at Nunez.
BROOKLYN ESCAPES.
All street car service In Havana was
paralyzed and communication with out
side points was impossible. The tele-
graphic service was annihilated
The first train to come into the city
press, which arrived this afternoon.
Passengers report that the devastation
does not reach far to the eastward
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 to the fear
full experience through which their city
has passed Street car traffic was full
ly resumed today.
The storm caused the. greatest dam
age in the harbor. The Brooklyn
drifted farther than any other warship
and finally brought up off La Regla
with her stern in the mud. She got
OF this morning under her own steam,
and has sustained no injury. The cruis-
er Denver, the cruiser Minneapolis, the
battleshfp Texas, the auxiliary cruiser
Prairie and the supply ship Celtic all
dragged their anchors more or less but
prompt seamanship averted collisions.
These ships were all made fast to
permanently anchored buoys which
never before were known to have
dragged. The damage sustained by the
squadron amounts to little.
HORSES SWEPT OVERHEARD.
Two coasting schooners were driven
high on the rocks at the Malecon. The
crew of one managed to get ashore,
but the crew of the other. four men,
were drowned. The chartered army
transport Guiana, from Newport News,
with horses and mules and a few
teamsters, arrived here this morning
after a terrific struggle with the gale
off the Florida coast. Her foremast
was carried away and huge seas swept
her decks. Her superstructure was
damaged and number of stalls were
carried away. One hundred mules and
twenty horses were swept overheard
and many other animals were injured.
The total number of lighters sunk
in the harbor has not yet been ascer-
tained. 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 discharging alongside the
wharves. The harbor has been searched
for dead and 1t is believed that all the
bodies have been found.
In Havana City about fifty houses
were more or less damaged, but owing
to the massive construction of roofs
and walls the damage is serious in only
a few instances. The buildings OF the
University of Havana sustained damage
amounting to many thousands of
dollars.
AMERICAN LEGATION DAMAGED.
A partition wall in the American le-
cation was blown down. The Office
q
and records of the legation were wet
through. The light wooden structure
over the sea baths at Vedado was
wrecked. Eight persons were killed
and four were injured by the collapse
of a tenement house on Inquisidor
street. The other fatalities resulted
from falling signs and cornices, con-
tact with live wires in the city or by
drowning in the harbor.
The structures over the sea baths at
Vedado were wrecked. The great un-
occupied brick building covering the
old United Railroad wharf near La
Regla was totally demolished. The
principal loss of life occurred in tene-
ment house on Inquisidor street. occu-
pied by many poor families. The pro-
Jecting upper portion of this building
collapsed first and then the three floors
gave way and fell. Eight of the in
habitants were killed and FIVE were
injured.
During the height of the storm there
was great alarm among the guests of
the Inglaterra and other hotels. Doors,
windows and sxylights were blown in
and the fierce rain flooded the rooms.
STREETS ARE FLOODED.
The destruction of trees by the cy-
clone was a most remarkable feature.
Throughout the length of the Prado
scarcely one tree remains standing
they were nearly all uprooted. Havana
has thus lost one of its chief beauties, for
ii will be many months before they can
be replanted. The parks also were
devastated. In Central Park, Colon
Park, San Juan de Dios Park and in
the Plaza de Armas there are practi-
cally no trees left standing. The foli-
age in the Vedado, Cerron and other
suburbs suffered likewise.
The streets in the lower part of the
city were flooded to the depth of foot
or more, and the lower floors of build
ings were inundated. The loss in mer-
chandise and lighters and to the
wharves and warehouses will be great,
but no accurate estimate has yet been
made. The electric power service was