Evening star., 1926-10-24
CUBA HAS 500 DEAD
AND 10000 INJURED
Island Turns to Vast. Task of
Reconstruction-Red Cross
Asks Funds.

| HAVANA. Cuba. October 23.-The
! people of Havana have now had time
TO acquire some definite idea of the
wrought by the great hurricane of
Wednesday last All efforts are be-
Ing turned to succor the injured and
shelter the homeless.
From the first early reports until
the present. the casualty lists have
steadily mounted. The dead through
out the island are believed to num-
Der not less than 500. with posi-.
bility that that figure will go much
higher. with approximately 10000
persons injured and a majority of the
people outside Of Havana in need Of
assistance.
The Cuban Red Cross tonight ap-
pealed to the American Red Cross for
additional funds for relief work.
The Red Cross announces that ap-
proXimately 500 were killed, 900 in
iured and 5000 families made home
less by the hurricane.
In Havana the estimate Is 200 dead.
In Marianac, which adjoins Havana
on the west. the estimate is 100 dead.
The area of the storm a its worst
was confined to Havana Province and
the western part Of Matanzas Prov
inre but Santa Clara and Pinar del
Rio Provinces were in the path of the
hurricane and suffered severely.
200 Bodies in Water.
More than 200 bodies are believed
to be living In the waters of the har
bor or floating out to sea. Twenty
eight already have been taken from
Havana Bay. but undoubtedly many
are imprisoned in the ships sunk by
the storm.
Not a dock or wharf along the
shores of the bay escaped serious
damage The only estimate officials
were able to make was vague state
ment that the loss would run into
many millions"
Messages of inquiry have poured
into the American embassy from rela-
tives of persons residing on the Isle
Of Pines. where II Americans and
many natives perished. Up to this
evening neither the embassy nor the
consulate had received anything but
the first official casualty list, which is
known to be incomplete.
Isle of Pines to Rebuild.
L. r. L.effingwell. manager Of the
telephone company of the Isle of
Pines, writes that the people OF the
island are determined to reconstruct
their homes and replant their crops,
most Of them having been destroyed.
Supplies have been forwarded to the
Isle OF Pines sufferers. and wireless
communication Is expected to be eStab
lished tomorrow morning with that
island on the arrival of two vessels
sent from the Guantanamo naval sta
ton.
Two Coast Guard patrol boats are
on their way from Key West to Bata-
bano, where of more than 5000 houses.
only so are standing and these are
badly damaged.
Large piles of construction ma
terial appeared today in front of many
of the downtown buildings damaged
by the hurricane. and the streets in
that section had been cleared of the
litter of wreckage. In outlying dis
tricts the effects OF the storm are still
, visible Numerous trees lie on the
sidewalks and roadways, with paths
cut through them.
$4,000 American Aid.
The American embassy today turn
check for $4,000 from the American
Red Cross. The Cuban government
is anxious to carry out the work Of
relief without assistance from the
outside. but. Notwithstanding this, re-
lief funds are coming in from various
directions.
Reports reaching Havana today in
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