HAVANA HURRICANE

Evening Star, Issue 19387, 22 October 1926, Page 5

HAVANA HURRICANE

MY VESSELS SUNK SEAS SWEEP STREET WIND GUSTS IN FLORIDA. Press Association—By Telegraph —Copyright NEW YORK, October 20. News from Havana states that a largo number of steamers and ships were sunk and damaged as a result of the hurricane. Many launches and small boats were washed away. The Cuban naval vessels Febere and Hntuct sank, and the cruiser Patria was damaged. Many foreign steamers wore also damaged, and numerous wharves were Virtual. So great was the force of the seas

that the water in San Lazro street, one block from the waterfront, rose as high as the second story of_ some of the houses. Tho tram services wore suspended. Telephone advices from Key 'West (Florida) state that the wind gusts acquired a velocity of eighty miles, and trees were blown down in many places. S.O.S. messages were received from an unidentified .ship at noon. LOSS OF LIFE. MANY PEOPLE INJURED. HAVANA, October 20. It is known that twenty persons are dead and several hundred injured as a result of tho hurricane. It is feared that there was a considerable loss of life by drowning. It is officially stated that thirty persons were killed and 300 injured in Havana City. Thousands of persons need aid and shelter. The police and soldiers are patrolling the streets. Ail places of business are closed.