The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-12

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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12.-Reports
from Key West via wireless from Tampa
today state that at least 1900 lives have
been lost in the terrific storm that is
sweeping the Southern coast.
OF those who have perished four hun
dred are said to have been workmen en-
gagged in building railroad off the
Florida Keys.
The reports cannot be confirmed, as
all other means of communication with
the stricken city has been cut off.
Thousands are hameless on the Florida
coast and hundreds of houses havefbeen
demolished. sss
The scenes of desolation and suffering
are said to be beyond description, and.
although aid is being rushed in various
WAYS. the hurricane has made the prog
ress Of trains: past Tampa impossible.
Key West is in the hands Of the mill
tary authorities, who were called on by
the mayor for assistance, and efforts
are being concentrated today on ascer-
tanning the damage.
II Is estimated the damage to prop
erty In the city and harbor will reach
s2OO0,000.
Many of the vessels which had beer,
swept from their moorings during the
hIow managed to ride out the storm,
hut between sixty and seventy -hve
boats OF all descriptions were wrecked.
If is feared a number of lives were iosl
on these vessels.
Tn the CITY whole blocks of frame
structures were razed, brick houses also
fel, before the gale, while the great TO
haccoN factories and warehouses sui
fered considerable damage. 1t VIII
nrohably be several weeks before they
win be able to resume operations.
The city Jail is filled to overnowing
with vandals captured by the militia
and police during the night. Thieves
began operations as soon as the fury
of the storm had abated, the wreck
ing of the electric light plant having
plunged the city into darkness. The
mayor Immediately took stringent
measures to cope with the situation
and proclaimed martial law. The
Kew West Guards were called out and
natrolled the streets during the night
The United States government also
has been called on for assistance in the
storm swept territory.
q or one hundred local vessels in the
kew West harbor this morning but five
remain at anchor, the others having
either gone to sea or been washed upon
tho beaches. The streets along the
water front are a mass of wreckage.
prick as we'll as frame buildings
throughout the city suffered alike from
the fury of the heavy wind and many
miraculous escapes from death or Sc
rious injury have been reported.
Besides the several score of residences
either totally wrecked or blown from
their pillars. nine factories were par
,iaI,,, DESTROYED. including the Havana
,,' .,,sr;dm Martinez. Nichols, Ruy
rnrez Manuel Lopez, Fleitas Torris,
Cortez and Wolf Cigar manufactures.
NoT1 and No. 3 engine-houses of the
scitv fire department were destroyed,
tte 6remen narrowly escaping. but sew
,.a1 of the horses being killed. The top
80 the First National Bank was torn
ar the postoffice damaged and two
running gears of the government coal
ing stations were wrecked.
EVERY telephone and electric light
mole on Duyall street, the principal
thorougnrale, OF the city, were blown
down.
While anxiety is felt by the relatives
and friends here of those on board the
steamship Chamlette, reported overdue
at Havana from ANew Orleans, Of
ficials of the Morgan line here express
the utmost confidence in the steam
ships ability to have successfully rid
den the gale.
HAVANA, Oct. Accommodation
between this city and interior points,
which was interrupted when yester-
DAVIS storm tore down the telegraph
and telephone wires, had not been re-
newed today. Reports from nearby
places Indicate that the property loss.
especially to the westward, has been
heavy, but that there were few fatali-
ties. Four bodies have been discovered
amid the ruins of fallen homes here
and it is now believed that twelve lives
were lost in this city, At least half
Of the lighters that were in the har-
Dor when the storm broke were sunk
or stranded and the work Of loading
and discharging cargoes has been inter-
fered with In a way to seriously affect
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