New Britain herald., 1928-09-15
PORTO RICO TRIES
 1 TO STOP DISEASES
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l ' The first automobile from Caguas about 20 miles south of San Juan made its way here yesterday after. noon. The driver said Caguas wal nat" This municipality has . pop. uiation of about 3S.O0O and is in one of the greatest tobacco growing sections of the tsland.
 ships Sunk
 Much of the shipping in the har- bor was either sunk or ashore. The ! New York and Porto Rico line steamer San Lorenzo sailed during the afternoon el hours behind schedule. having remained tied up to her pier during the hurricane. All banks were closed due to the inadequacy of transportation. It l was probable that they would open today.
 The GOO foot towers of the navy radio station at Cayey, 30 miles south of San Juan, were reported to be down and wireless communica- ton was halted either from damage to apparatus or lack of power for sending.
 Governor Towner said he had no information regarding crops de. atroyed. He thought it probable that 1 injury 10 fruits was considerable. to. bacco quite large and coffee very great. Sugar cane he did not be- lieve to be seriously damaged.
 The governor took preliminary steps soon after the hurricane to or. ganize relief for the immediate vi. cinity. He said all local mean' would be exhausted before outside 1 aid was asked. It was thought however that if the damage to other points was as great as that to Sar Juan the local relief agencies would be inadequate.
 Bremen and workmen were pressed into service to clear ths streets of debris. The governor call ed on Col. George H. Elms, of tn. 6Sth Infantry, as well as the adju' tant general of the national guard requesting their assistance for re- storing and maintaining order IT cooperation with the police.
 The officers houses and troops quarters of the 65th Infantry were badly damaged, two sections oi quarters being demolished. But there was no loss of life or injur, among the soldiers.
 l Buildings Damaged Chancellor Benner said that al except two buildings of the univer' sity of Porto Rico were damaged probably beyond repair. One of thu undamaged buildings was the new dormitory for girls. He placed thu loss at $300.0 900 and asserted the in stitution would probably have ts close for a time at least. The uni versity is at Rio Piedras. sever miles south of San Juan. | At the governors palace of all thu pictures of former governors anc presidents of the United States, thu only one to suffer damage was tha of Theodore Roosevelt. It vas torr from the wall by the gale and thu glass and frame smashed.
 At Ponce. in the south centra section of Porto Rico, St. Luke hospital was destroyed by the hu1 ricanc. a cablegram to missionar! headouarters of the Episcopa church in New York stated. Mis- Ellen T. Hicks, the hospital super intendent, added that all wer' saved. St. Luke's was built in ls0' being the first modern hospital or the island and was valued at Si25, 900.
 Word was received from Havan, last night that the steamship Or coma. which sailed for Havana iron Bermuda on Wednesday with Si Austen Chamberlain, British foreigI secretary. and family aboard. hal not been heard from At Havana Officers of the line thought that th vessels course might have been al tered to avoid the hurricane area.
 Crops Destroyed
 Probably the greatest suffering | dulOuk lIe HdSSeS VIII DC QuS U the destruction of bananas ant other minor crops of which the, live. Little of these crops was be licved to be left standing.
 The coffee crop of which littl had been gathered and which ha, been estimated to be worth $l5. 100000, was the cause of seriou concern. If the storm struck th coffee centers on the south side o the island. the loss will be heav among q group of small farmer little prepared to stand 1t.
 The unmarketed crop of orange and grapefruit was believed to hav been destroyed with groves badl, damaged as well.
 The damage to goods in thu warehouses of San Juan. which i the chief distributing center. coul, not be estimated but it will b heavy.
 The weather bureau said tha both in intensity and duration tn storm was the worst that ever hi | Ban Juap and much v,arso tbon ,ba