New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-10-24
HURRICANE CAUSES
GREAT Loss OF LIFE
HUNDREDS OF WoRKMEN DROWN
FROM BARGEs OFF COAST
OF FLORIDA.
FIND MANY VICTIMS
FLOATING IN WATER
Vessels Reach Port with Men Rescued
from Wreckage, While Others De-
part to Render Aid to the Unfor-
tunates at Sea.

from Wreckage, While Others De
part to Render Aid to the Unfor- |
tunates at Sea.
miami, Fla, Oct 22-The Miami |
steamer st. Lucie was crushed by the
high waves in Thursdays hurricane,
and out of 100 persons on board 35
were lost. The steamer Peerless also
lost the same number, they being
blown of the vessel. The launch
Elmora was capsized, and is thought
to be total loss. The launch Nanny
was badly damaged.
Work barges Nos and Z, and
dredge No. 4, of the East Coast road,
broke away and drifted to sea, but
are now safe on the other side of
Biscayne bay.
The Peninsula & Occidental shed
was badly damaged
No persons at Miami were hurt.
The houseboat Theta, north of Jupi-
ter, was turned over. A few persons
were hurt, but none seriously.
Two lighters were set adrift at
Jewish and two water barges broke
loose in Blackwater
The tide was three feet higher in
Barnes sound than Blackwater knight
Key dock and crew are SAFE
Fifty Lives Lost.
About so men have arrived at Mi
ami from Long Key They report
about 25 men and the quarter boat at
Long Key safe; also two barges re-
main at Long Key, but the remainder
| of the men and plant located there
are gone. 1t is estimated that so
| lives were lost on dredges at lower
| Matecumbo. The dredges Oyama,
Mikado, Manotto and Dodge are safe.
Two men were lost on the pile driver
At Long Key about 40 men were
| picked up and are safe s.
| There was heavy loss of life on
the dredgers and Long Key steamer.
The steamer Vigilancia is expect
ed with bodies, and will bring details
of the storm
| Steamer Goes After Dead.
| The steamer Biscayne arrived Sat
urday morning in good condition. She
| met the steamer Virginia on her way
| after the bodies of the men who were
washed ashore from the st. Lucff.
| The steamer Biscayne gave the Vir-
glnla 70 men to assist in picking up
| the dead. The Biscayne was at Long
Key after the storm, and reports boat
No. gone to sea.
The Virginia is expected hourly
with dead bodies, and all preparations
are being made to care for the
corpses and the injured.
The launch Enterprise, and ali
other launches On Long Island, except
the Edna, are total wrecks.
| Picks Up Men at Sea.
Key West, Fla, Oct. 22.-The Aus
trian steamer Jennie, Captain Dud-
mich, bound from Gulfport for Genoa.
has called at this port to land 40 work
men picked up at sea near the Ba-
hama coast, 100 miles from Key West.
The men were part of force of $50
workingmen belonging to barge No. 4,
engaged on east coast extension work.
Most of the others were either
killed or drowned in the storm early
Thursday.
i Nine other barges crowded with
workingmen engaged in extension
work were at sea with barge No. 4.
There is no news of them and it is
feared all were lost.
Household Goes to Pieces.
W. P. Dusenbury, one of the en-
gineers, saved by the steamer Jennie,
, says the storm struck barge No. at 5
o'clock Thursday morning. One hour
later the houseboat went to pieces in
the raging sea and 80 to 40 men were
killed in the crash.
! Dusenbury says nine other boats
. working on the extension at Long Key
went to sea with barge No. 4. He has
no intelligence of their fate and fears
for their safety.
Forty-Nine Men Rescued.
I Officers of the rescuing steamer Jen-
ME say that they heard cries for help
rection of the sounds came upon lot
rection o the sounds came upon lot
of men floating in the sea, clinging to
logs, lumber and small RATS Boats
were lowered and the 40 men brought
here we're rescued
Three other steamers, using search
lights, came on the scene and assisted
in saving life. How many they res
, cued was not ascertained by those
aboard the steamer Jennie.
: Results Of Storm in Cuba.
q Havana, Oct 22-Reports of the
damage 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 province of
Pinar del Rio is not yet fully known,
but it is believed to be great The to-
bacco was planted late this year on
{ account of the continued rains, hence
the plants have not yet sprouted and
n many of the seed beds have been
{ washed out, necessitating replanting,
which will retard the crop. The storm
is reported to have been very severe
in the Vuelta Abajo district of PinaI