Evening star., 1935-09-28
Storm Expected to Strike
Eastern Coast Late To.
day or Tomorrow.
F. E. R. A. WORKERS QUIT
SCENE OF 400 DEATHS
Terror Grips Havana as Gale
Sweeps Island-Refugees Flock
in From Provinces.
BULLETIN.

HAVANA, September 2S.-Naval
headquarters announced the cruiser
Veinte de Mayo, now in Cien-
fuegos Harbor. had reported 80
dead and 300 injured in the tropi-
cal hurricane which shrieked
through Cuba today.
One thousand houses were de-
stroyed in Cienfuegos. and the
town Of Casilda was destroyed by
high seas, the announcement said.
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, September 2s.-Roar-
ing through Cuba, a tropical hurri-
cane brought apprehension today to
Florida from Key West, north TO
West Palm Beach.
No loss of life has so far been re-
ported.
At 9 am. today. the Belen Observa-
tory at Havana announced the hurri-
cane was leaving the Northern Coast
of Cuba, near Key Varien, travelling
north or northeast, and will be dan
gerous this afternoon or tomorrow
morning to the Eastern part Of Florida
and the Florida Canal"
Warnings Are Extended.
At 1890 am. Eastern standard
time the Jacksonville Weather Bu-
reau ordered northeast storm warn
ings extended north of Everglades
City on the west coast to Tarpon
Springs and north of Daytona Beach
to Charleston, S. C.
At that hour. the bureau said, a
tropical disturbance attended by hur-
ricane winds was central about $50
miles to ITO miles south OF Miami,
moving northward.
Hurricane warnings are displayed
from Key West to West Palm Beach.
1t was September's second storm
threat for Florida.
Not quite four weeks ago, on Labor
day. winds pounded tons of water over
the Florida keys. laying them waste
and killing more than 400 persons.
r. z. r. A. Workers Evacuated
Today, r. E. r. A. and Red Cross
relief workers, who were in the storm
swept area cleaning up after the dis
aster, were evacuated TO places OF
greater safety.
AS it screamed across Cuba, the
tropical storm from the Caribbean
emptied the islands coastal cities in
its path and cut of news from many
stricken sections.
Swept by a driving rain, Havana
was isolated from the rest Of Cuba
beyond a line just east of Colon.
Mantanzas Province, and northwest
of Cienfuegos, Santa Clara Province.
The city of Havana was filled with
hundreds Of frightened refugees who
poured in on special trains. Appar-
emily the storm was very violent, off,
cials Of the National Observatory said.
Entering Cuba last night. the storm,
marked by high winds and heavy
rain, struck In Camaguey Province.
With communications out, there was
no report from that area.
Hurricane Warnings Ordered.
At 8 am, Eastern standard time,
the Jacksonville bureau ordered hur-
ricane warnings between Key West
and West Palm Beach.
Special trains carried more than
1,500 refugees from Santa Cruz Del
Sur into Havana during the night.
These people, men, women and chill
dren, had fed before the pounding
seas could rumble the arrival OF de-
structive winds.
Reports from Cuba said the towns
of Jucaro. Casilda. and Tunasdezazas,
Trinidad, had been evacuated last
night.
Winds Of l50-mile velocity swept
over Jamaica early today with reported
destruction of IS per cent of the
ripening banana crop.
Shipping in Cuban waters was
paralyzed. Fears were>expressed for
the safety of fishermen, especially those
living on the Cayman Islands, in the
direct path of the storm.
Airlines operating between Havana
and Santiago and Santiago and
Guantanamo Cancelled their schedules.
Pan-American service between Havana
and Miami operated through yesterday.
The natural fear of the hurricane
was heightened among Cuban residents
when the warnings of its approach
placed 1t in the exact course of the
storm Of November, 1882, which killed
5000.
Inhabitants Of Key West, long wise
to the ways Of tropical disturbances.
boarded their homes and beached
their boats as they made ready TO re-
main indoors for the duration of the
storm.
The F. e. r. A., which has 81, ,000,.
600 at stake in Key Vests future, took
charge Of the storm preparedness
work.