WEST INDIAN HURRICANE
HAVANA SWEPT MANY HOUSES DEMOLISHED COMMUNICATION SEVERED, HAVANA, October 20. (Received October 21, at 9.15 a.m.) A heavy storm to-day flooded the streets, stopped transportation, placed the power systems out of commission, and cut communication with the interior. Commencing at 6 a.m. the wind reached a velocity of 100 miele an hour, and by 10.30 the more flimsy houses had been unroofed, windows smashed, and the streets littered with wreckage. HEADING FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS WARNED. NEW YORK, October 20. (Received October 21, at 9.30 a.m.) A message from Jacksonville states that the Western Union Telegraph Company shortly before noon lost all communication with Havana, via Key West (Florida). A Tampa message states that the Government meteorologists said to-day that a West Indian hurricane was apparently heading for Florida. They urged the residents and the west coast shipping to take every precaution for the safeguarding of lite and property. Advice from Miami states that the Cuban consulate announced that more than 150 homes were demolished in the residential sections of Havana. A message received in New York by the Commercial Cable Company just before communication with Havana was severed, said that the business of the city was virtually suspended.
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Evening Star, Issue 19386, 21 October 1926, Page 9
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201WEST INDIAN HURRICANE Evening Star, Issue 19386, 21 October 1926, Page 9
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