Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-20
Vessels in Harbor Drag Anchors and
Communication Is Also Cut Off.
Many Of the Craft on Florida Coast Go Down and
Loss Of Life Is Great Central America Suffers.

During the height of the storm there
was great alarm among the guests at
the mglatcrra and other hotels. Win
doWs and skylights We're blown in and
the fierce rain flooded the rooms. The
destruction of trees by the cyclone was
a remarkable feature. Throughout
the length of PradO scarcely one tree
remains standing. They We're nearly
all uprOottd. Havana has thus lost
one Of its chief beauties, for it will be
many months before they can be re-
placed. Some parks also Were destroy
ed.
In some instances heavy stones Were
blown from the tops of houses To the
street and two such missiles struck
street cars. The streets in the lower
part of the city We're flooded to Il depth
of q foot or more and the lower floors
of buildings We're inundated. The loss
in merchandise and lighters and to the
WharVeS and warehouses will be great,
but no accurate estimate has yet been
made. The electric power service was
put out of commission and consequent
~ no newspaper could be published
this morning.
Reports received here from Pinar
Del Rio city. while not yet accurate,
declare that the damage to buildings
Their" was very great. The injury to
the sugar crop is not serious. The. riv-
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incc have ovcrlluWcd in the lowlands.
and horses. cattle and pigs by the hun
drcd.S have been drowned
The storm began at an early hour
and increased in severity at night,
hen tn" wind reached 4 maximum We
lucity of 80 miles an hour. The peo-
llc of the city We're badly frightened
and many Of them passed a slccplcss
light. There WAS no power for electric
lights. tn" gas burned dimly. and can
dies had to be rcSOrtcd to- Thousands
Of persons spent the night in the cafes
The rainfall in "A hours reached 4.72
inches. The center of the cyclone APP
pears to have crossed the Caribbean,
sweeping through both provinces. 1t
passed t" the north from Havana and
crossed Florida, going northeast.
The street ear service in Havana was
partly resumed Thursday evening, but
tn" L"uldrrs that had been pushed
across the track have not been remov-
outside world came to an end sudden
Is Wednesday, night ana was not re-
stored until this evening. the break be-
ing in the Land lin" between Havana
ana 'Ijinan. Gangs of hundreds Of
men of tn" public works department,
uEdcr tho direction of Lieut.. Col. Will
liam NJ. Black Of the Engineers. t. s.
A., are aCtiv" in different quarters of
the city today in rcplanting uprooted
tree. 8. cutting off injured branches and
generally cleaning up the parks and
streets While the damage To buildings
WAS rot very serious in many cases.
later reports show that quite Il num-
Der Of walls We're blown down ana
many windows were wrecked The
interiors If many houses Wtr,. Hooded
m" .Jai Mai building ana the building
of tins department Of physics of Havana
University We're unroofcd. Train SEP
vice with the East was resumed to-
night with thu departure Of the SAN
tiagO express.
In front of the bonded warehouses
in la R"sla. the harbor shows 4 long
line of wrecked lighters. and many
more went down further out ana were
lost To sight \ conservative estimate
Of the sunkrn lighters places the num-
Der at 40.