Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-21

vana. completed at 2:30 today,
shows 81 persons dead. 2lD0 In
iured. 400 seriously. i'm the Havana
district. Over 325 buildings col
Iapscd under the force cf the wind
ONLY meaEer reports have been re
cei,cd from the interior.
HAVANA. Oct. 2l.---tPl-The toll
of the Caribbean hurricane which
struck Havana yesterday was esti-
mated today at 25 TO 80 dead 100
Injured and S3n.000.DO0 damage
The list of casualties issued hy the
municipality contained no names Of
Americans. The addresses Cf the
victims indicated that they lived in
the poorer sections Of Havana.
Many houses were wrecked in Ma
rianao.
II " believed that nearly iii the
buildings in Havana suffered damage
but few VI them collapsed. The non
umpnt erected by Cuba for the ESQ
Americans who were killed in the ex-
nlosion watch sank the United States
bnttlrshin Maine in Havana harbor
" 1893 was razed. Only the base and
two ten-inch guns, relics Of the bat
tleship renal
Shipping Sunk
The heaviest damage occurred in
the port of Havana where two steam
ers. five scho0ners. forty fishing YES
sells. numerous launches and two bar
yes were sunk. Four steamers and
one schooner were seriously dam
aged. The Havana Coal c0mpany's
ele, tor was wrecked. Three large
docks and many smaller ones were
wrecked and ail the others were
damaged.
Most Of the persons killed were
struck hy falling walls or flying deb
ris. After the storm had passed or
over the Gulf Of Mexico. the streets
were Uttered with elactric iifht ano
telephone wires, signs, parts of roofs
sheet iron shutters. trees and bal
conv railings. The intensity OF the
storm was indicated by the wrecking
w the Relvcn College wind gauge
when the storm had reached n We
locitv OF 96 miles an hour before u
struck the city with full force
Troops and policemen patrolled
the streets under orders OF President
Machado to-shoot any person caught
lootinE.
The citv during the night hcre the
appearance OF place abandoned. An
occasional private automobile or am
bulnnce and policemen walking their
beats were the only signs or activity.
The street cars were standing idle
where they were abandoned when the
power went off during the. storm
Tide Does Damage
The inunGation Of the lower parts
of the city due to the high tide cnus-
ed great damage and there was much
need for temporary aid and shelter
for the people The water nt times
was several meters deep along the
Malcon for three or four blocks
south Of the sea wall.
During the height NJ the storm
thousands of barrels of oil and gas
olinc were destroyed when tanks
caught fire.
One-fourth w the barracks build
incs AZ Camp Columbia were wreck
ed Nearly all the trees lining the
road from Havana tn MarianAO were
uprooted.
Five persons were killed and eight
injured when n house in Gale Fer
nandina collapsed. Another house.
inundated BY the high water also
fell. II has not yet been asccrtainei
whether there were any fatalities.
Many of the principal buildings on
the citv suffered damage, but il was
not Of n serious nature.
Prepared for Storm
The people of Havana awaited the
storm calmly preparing for more than
12 hours for IL % reach the city All
windows and doors we're brnced ur
nailed up 20 protect them from the
force of the wind. To this was due
the fact that little real damage was
done IN strongly built houses. The
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