The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21

tire peninsula, SOuIH VI AdhiP@ al"
ST. Augustine has been cut off from
communication with the world since
last night when the wind velocity
reached ninety miles per hour. St
Augustine was flooded by the ap-
preaching sea- i
Florida faces a worse disaster than
in 1895. There has been great prop
erty damage and probably many lives
lost.
Monday Nights Reports.
Tampa. Fla, Ovt. 18.-With COM
munication with all points south OF
here cut off and the wireless stations
out of commission, Tampa and all of
the Florida Keys are being storm
swept. It is impossible at this time
to estimate the damage as no reports
have been received from nearby
towns.
In Tampa up to IL o'clock the dam
age is confined to telephone and cleo
trio light wires and minor damages
TO shipping. Grave fears are felt for
the forty-six members of the Plant
City Artillery encamped at Egmont
lKev. The company landed there yes
, terday afternoon and after their tents
, were pitched the wind blew them down.
Considerable fear is also entertained
for the residents of Passe A-Grille,
!, resort on the bay. There are at least
!, fifty persons there and it is believed
:, that they will feel the full force of the
@ disturbance.
= Fortunately the four days warning
.. given by the weather department
served to put all shipping on guard.
Not a boat sailed in that time 1t is
feared that the schooner Brazoss
which sailed several days ago, is lost,
as no tiding have been received OF
= her. She was bound for Cuban ports
4 and was lumber laden.
Untold damage is being done to
orange groves which gave promise ol
It. bumper crop. The trees were load
iy ed with fruit.
h. Passengers arriving this Afternoon
Sc from Sarasota and other points soutf
report considerable damage along the
,rt railroads. The wireless is working
ut hut it's range is limited. A steady gall
ID is blowing at the rate of fifty miles al
on hour and is increasing in intensity a
a every moment. Indication are tina
le the storm will pass a little, to the soutl
of Tampa and it is probable that i
will spend itself somewhere in tn
Everglades
cubas Greatest Disaster.
TT Havana. Oct. 1S.-The island c
L. Cuba has probably sustained tn
greatest material disaster in all it
history in a practically continuou
zen hurricane which began with light rain
un- Thursday morning, developing int
inn torrential floods and devasting hurr
rye canes continuing until this evening.
rhe The western half of the island su
the fered more severely than the eas
and The first storm, of which there VIZ
ere no warning, had hardly abated Sunds
sral night. when suddenly the wind, whiC
ere up to then had been in the southeas
changed to the southwest and Wi
NV" renewed force cyclonis blasts swe
by over the Matanzas, Pinar del Rio al
GUS Havana provinces completing the
of struction wrought by the first storl
IL If is impossible to estimate t
poe amount of damage, which doubtle
, in will aggregate many millions of d
Jim lars. Many thousands of peasants
the the three western provinces have be
the rendered homeless and destitute a
fa- il now seems probable that the repl
ious lie will be compelled to request int
national aid for them.
lany While all communication with
lace interior has been cut off there is r
ated son to hope that Oriente, Camagr
etor and Santa Clara have escaped
)ear- great fury of the storm. In the C
tude of Havana the losses probably
d as exceed million dollars, mainly
men to the destruction of the eusto
is a house sheds which were filled "
to perishable goods, the sinking OF SEQ
| es- of lighters, many of them contain
,men valuable cargoes which had been
loaded from steamers and the
merging of about one square mile
the residential section of the city,
ing the sea.
David Few fatalities up to the present h
farm been reported. Three men "
: re. drowned in the harbor, but no def
of a from the storm occurred in the
aged It is probable that the casualty lis
farm the interior will be large.
American Consul General J. l