Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-10-20

HAVANA, Oct. 20.-As result
the worst cyclone that Havana has ex-
perienced since 1894 and that shut off
Cuba from the rest of the world for
more than thirty-six hours. twenty per-
sons are known to have lost their
lives. scores were injured and great
damage caused to property.
The Prado and many parks in the
city have been practically destroyed,
and thirty five lighters have been sent
TO the bottom. All electric communi-
cation within the city and with the
outside world was cut Off The whole
American fleet of warships that lay at
anchor in the harbor was menaced,
and one of thesl was blown ashore,
but soon floated again.
Cable communication with the out
side world came to an end suddenly on
Wednesday night and was not restored
until last night. the break being i'll
the land line between Havana and
Cajnan.
The greatest money loss, which is es-
timated at S2,O00,000. occurred in the
harbor. where thrty-five lighters. many
of them loaded with valuable merchan-
disc. were sunk Nineteen belong to
the Ward line and others to Joseph E.
Gonzales. Two coasting schooners were
blown ashore, one at the Malacon ana
the other at Vidado. This latter suburb
suffered severely.
90 fln In
Camp Columbia. where the American
troops are lodged. were blown to tat
ters. and a few of the soldiers were
slightly injured. the majority. however,
escaping with good drenching.
The Brooklyn dragged her anchor un-
I'll her stern grounded in the mud off
La Regla. She was stranded for many
hours, but got off without injury.
Harry Fosdick, an army teamster
with the Twenty eighth infantry, from
Sioux City, Ia. sustained probably fa-
tai injuries. He was crushed by Il
tree which fell through the barracks in
which he was sleeping. Fred SUIT
cliffe of Fort Smelling had his head
seriously injured and Thomas Shonealt
of Reading, Pa, sustained injuries to
his back.
One hundred and fifty tobacco barns
in the Alquizar district have been de-
stroyed The recently planted tobacco
crop also has been seriously damaged.
Enormous damage is reported from the
Guira section. the center of the banana
and plantain growing industry. These
crops are said to have been practically
totally destroyed. Many small farm
ers have lost their all and are in great
distress.
The cruisers Denver and Minneapo-
lis, the battleship 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 We're known to
have dragged The damage sustained
by the squadron amounts to little. Two
boats were lost. and some of the lighter
deck fittings were carried away. The
bridge of the Prairie was displaced
Two coasting schooners We're driven
high on the rocks at the Malacon. The
crew of one managed to get ashore.
but the crew of the other. four men.
was drowned. The chartered army
transport Cubano, from Newport News
with horses and mules and few
teamsters, has arrived here after ter
rifle struggle with the hurricane at sea.
In Havana city about fifty houses
were more or less injured. but owing
to the massive construction OF roofs
and walls the damages are serious in
only few instances. The buildings
of the University of Havana sustained
damages amounting 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 wet through.