Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-20
HEAVY DAMAGE IN CUBA
Twelve Persons Drowned in the Town
Of Consolation.
PROPERTY LOSS is ENORMOUS
Relief Trains Being Hurried to the
Portion of the Island where
the Country IL Entirely
Devastated,


HAVANA, oct 19.-Relief trains are
being sent into Pinar del Rio. which bore
the brunt Of the recent heavy storms
Scattered reports received here show that
the property losses throughout that prov
ince were enormous.
The greater portion Of the province,
which forms the western extremity Of
Cuba, was inundated and nearly all towns
suffered severely. Hardly a house has
been left standing in the country districts
and tobacco barns everywhere were de-
stroyed The crops are ruined 1t is
impossible to estimate with accuracy the
monetary loss, but it viii total millions
of dollars.
The loss Of life apparently was much
less than at first feared and occurred
chiefly in the town Of Consolation, where
twelve persons were drowned. 1t is ex-
pected other cases Of drowning will be
discovered when the relief trains pene-
trate the devastated .sleson- ,---f
Along TIoSfdas Coast.
KEY WEST. Fla, Oct. 19.-Further
news of the damage wrought by the trop-
ical storm that swept the southern eX-
tremity of Florida was received today.
| The Norwegian steamer Eos, from Port
Tampa, October ~, for Europe, via Nor
folk, Is ashore off Boca Grande island
Her crew Of eighteen have arrived here
| The American steamer Herman Frasch
/ from New York, October 13, for Sabine
I Tex, is disabled off Alligator Key light
house.
Sand Key lighthouse reports the British
steamer Inventor, from Galveston, October
| II, for Liverpool rescued sixteen sailors
ten from the Spanish bark Hugo and six
/ from the American schooner Martha. The
/ Inventor proceeded. The Hugo was bound
from COrunna September 9, for Appalachi-
cola Fla, the Martha was last reported
at Port Arthur, Tex, August g.
| The American steamer Nueces has ar
rived here from Galveston for New Yorl
and reports the lighthouses on Rebeccs
shoal. Tortugas Island and Garden Key
are dark.
Wind Goes Down.
! SAVANNAH, Ga, oct. 19.-Wlth an abat
ting wind at daylight Savannah appeared
to have experienced the worst of the tropi
cal hurricane now travelling northward vi
the Atlantic coast No great damage t,
shipping is reported. For hours the rail-
has been falling torrents, crippling stree
car service.
All last night the wind blew at an aver
age velocity Of more than fifty miles al
hour from the east and northeast Moth
ing was heard from cities and towns 4
the south of Savannah, and all trains from
the south were several hours overdue.
Tybee island was completely cut Of
from communication with the city by tn
rising water today. IL is believed tina
the inhabitants OF the island and floode
portions OF the coast reached safety las
night but there is uneasiness about tn
steamer Iroquois Of the Clyde line, whic
was running light" and anchored OF
Warsaw island just before the storm.
storm Hits Charleston.
CHARLESTON, s, c., Oct. 19.-EarI
this morning the wind here reached a We
locity OF sixty miles an hour, accompanle
by excessive rainfall. II is said growin
crops have suffered.
The German cruiser Freya. on the wa
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