HURRICANE IN CUBA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 5

HURRICANE IN CUBA.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE.

1 By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. ;• , ; , New York, Ootober 18. , v " v Cuba has been-visited by a-disastrous oyolone. One hundred persons were killed, and ■ . hundreds injured,-and the damage-is estimated at millions of pounds., At Havana the ; inhabitants are, papic- • stricken. Thousands of persons are homeless and destitute. *' ■The' crops have been destroyed* and ; international help .may, bo required. '' . A tidal wave ■ partially submerged ■ Havana,.' causing,- damage . to, the extent' of, a, million dollars. >■„■•..-. FLOOD IN FLORIDA, j. j i Now York, October 18. . v Simultaneously with tho floods in Hajf , vana,-the town of St. Augustine, Florida, ,was inundated. f DAMAGE AT KEY WEST. MANY SEISMIC SHOCKS RECORDED, v (Eeo. October 19,11.10 p.m.) ' '' New York, October 19. " •During tho; storm, in tho. West Indies v vessels at Key West, Florida, parted their ■ moorings.' Many houses-were"unroofed by the wind, which registered a velocity of ; S ninety .miles'an. ho;ar.: .. ' •: Three deaths are^reported. : : . .. Numerous. seismic shocks have been recorded at- the Santa Clara Observutory, , ' California,-and'it is announced that a 1 • connection exists between tho shocks and | the tidal' wave in Cuba.

' EXAGGERATED REPORTS, ' - TWO DEATHS ONLY. (R€C. Octobor 19,11.10 p.m.) ) ' • ' ' "~New York, October 19.' Damage done by. the 6torm at Havana • has been .exaggerated. •-Two deaths only occurred. ■ '■■■