Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-15

ule, having remained tied up 20 mel
pier during the hurricane.
All banks were closed due 30 the
inadeouacy Of transportation
The 6O0-foot towers Of the navs
radio station at Cayey, 30 miie'
south of San Juan. were reported g
~ down and wireless communication
was halted either from damage to APP
paratus or lack Of power ffor send
ing.
Governor FERNS Relief
Governor Towner said he had no
information regarding crops d.
stroyed. He thought It probable that
injury to fruits was considerable
tobacco quite large ard coffee YER,
great. Sugar cane he did not believe
10 be seriously damaged.
The governor took preliminary
steps soon after the hurricane u
organize relief for the immediate
vicinity. he said all local means
would be exhausted before outside
aid was asked. IL was thought, how.
ever, that il the damage to other
points was a. great as that To San
Juan, local relief agencies would be
inadequate.
Firemen and workmen we're press
ed into service 10 clear the streets
OF debris. The governor called upon
Colonel George III. Helms of the
Sixty-fifth infantry. as well a. tn
adiutant general Of the national
guard, requesting their assistance
for ~restor'@g nd maintaining order
In cooperation with the police.
University Damaged
The Officers house and troops
quarters Of the Sixty-fifth infantry
were badly damaged. two sections 81
quarters being demolished. But
there were mo personal injuries oil
loss of lives among the soldiers.
Chancellor Benner said all except
two buildings Of the university ~
Porto Rico were damaged, probably
beyond repair. One Of the undam-
aged buildings was the new dormi-
tory for girls. He placed the loss
at 100000 and asserted the institu.
ton would probably have to close
Tor q time at least. The university
~ at Rio Piedras, seven miles south
Of San Juan.
AT the governors palace Of all the
pictures Of former governors and
presidents OF the United States, the
only n to suffer damage was thai
Of Theodore Roosevelt. II was tori
from h wall by the gale and the
glass and frame smashed.
Citrus Destroyed
Probably the greatest SUFFERING
among the masses will Be due to TIA
destruction Of bananas and other mi,
nor crops off which they live. Lit.
tie Of these crops was believed To b,
left standing.
The coffee CROP of which little
mad been gathered and which INV
been estimated to 0e worth $4,000.
goo, was the cause Of serious con.
Germ.
The unmarketed citrus crop OF or
anges and grapefruit was believed
70 have been destroyed with groves
bdly damaged as well.
The weather bureau said that both
IN intensity and duration the storm
was the worst that ever hit San Juan
and much worse than that recorded
at Miami in 1926.
At Pence, in the south central
section Of Porto Rico. st. Luke's
hospital was destroyed BY the hnr.
ricane, a cablegran to missionary
Headquarters Of the Episcopal church
~ New York stated. Miss Ellen r..
Hicks, the hospital superintendent
added that all were saved.
Word was received from Havana
last night that the steamship or.
coma which sailed for Havana fron
Bermuda on Wednesday with sill
Austen Chamberlain, British for.
eign secretary, and family aboard
had not been aeard from at Havana
lfficnr. ~ II. L. 49,