HURRICANE’S HAVOC

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 October 1926, Page 5

HURRICANE’S HAVOC

HAVANA’S CASUALTY LIST.

'Australian "-nd N.Z. Cable Association.)

HAVANA, October 20. It is officially stated that thirty were killed and three hundred were injured in the Havana City hurricane. Thousands of persons are in need of aid and shelter. Police and soldiers patrol tlie streets. All places of business are closed.

DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.

NEW YORK, October 20.

News from Havana states that a large number of steamers and ships were sunk and damaged, as the result of the hurricane. Launches and small boats have been washed away. The Cuban naval vessels “Febere” and "Hatuet” sank and the cruiser "Patria” was damaged. Many foreign steamers were also damaged, and numerous wharves wrecked. So great was the force of the seas that water in San Lazar Street, one block from the water front, rose as high as the second storey of some oi the houses. ■ Train services were suspended. Telephone advices from Key West state that the wind gusts acquired a velocity of eighty miles an hour, and trees were blown down in many places. S.O.S. messages were received from an unidentified ship at noon.