A hundred ships of various classes were sunk or badly damaged. It is feared that many seamen have been drowned, a check-up today revealing that approximately fifty were missing.

The center of the hurricane was east of Havana, passing directly over the city of Guines; it reached its height at 10.30 in the morning. So terrific was the wind that the rain was carried almost horizontally.

A section of the city along the famous Malecon Driveway on the seafront is inundated. The water rose six or eight feet. In the lower part of the city the tidal wave reached to the second story of houses.

Practically all the dead and injured are of the poorer classes, caught in the collapse of their homes or struck down seeking safety. A thorough canvass of the American colony revealed that only 18 Americans were injured, most of them only slightly.

The American embassy residence was damaged, the windows being blown in and two partitions blown down. Ambassador Crowder spent the night and today at a hotel. The staffs of both embassy and consulate weathered the storm without harm, except that they had to seek new quarters.

Brief reports from various places in Havana province indicate the widespread destruction of the gale. At Jaruco, 400 houses were wrecked. Bainoa, a town of about 1,400 population, was wiped out. Twenty houses were destroyed at Minas, while at Bejucal, 80 per cent of the houses were destroyea.

At Guanabacoa three dead, 100 injured and 1,500 homeless are reported. This is a town of 16,000 population. Eight are dead at Central Fa-jarde. The province of Pinar del Rio, on the western side of Cuba, was hardly touched.

There are many dead and injured at Matanzas, which is almost cut off. No reports have been received from the Isle of Pines.

In Havana itself, damage to the extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in wrecked shipping and warehouses. Four bodies were found this afternoon floating in the harbor.

The monument to the old battleship Maine is in ruins, with the twin marble columns lying at the base near the ten-inch guns, still in place. The wireless towers of Morro Castle are down and the only direct communication with the provinces is with the cruiser Cuba's wireless installation,

Numerous delegations of men from the various official departments were engaged in clearing up the wreckage, removing the fallen trees, the iron shutters and the broken glass that littered the streets. Street car service was virtually at a standstill.

Some of the hospitals and asylums for children did not go unscathed, although fortunately the patients and inmates escaped without injury. In one asylum, housing 719 children and many attendants, considerable damage was done to the building but no one was hurt.

A hundred ships of various classes were sunk or badly damaged. It is feared that many seamen have been drowned, a check-up today revealing that approximately fifty were missing.

The center of the hurricane was east of Havana, passing directly over the city of Guines; it reached its height at 10.30 in the morning. So terrific was the wind that the rain was carried almost horizontally.

A section of the city along the famous Malecon Driveway on the seafront is inundated. The water rose six or eight feet. In the lower part of the city the tidal wave reached to the second story of houses.

Practically all the dead and injured are of the poorer classes, caught in the collapse of their homes or struck down seeking safety. A thorough canvass of the American colony revealed that only 18 Americans were injured, most of them only slightly.

The American embassy residence was damaged, the windows being blown in and two partitions blown down. Ambassador Crowder spent the night and today at a hotel. The staffs of both embassy and consulate weathered the storm without harm, except that they had to seek new quarters.

Brief reports from various places in Havana province indicate the widespread destruction of the gale. At Jaruco, 400 houses were wrecked. Bainoa, a town of about 1,400 population, was wiped out. Twenty houses were destroyed at Minas, while at Bejucal, 80 per cent of the houses were destroyea.

At Guanabacoa three dead, 100 injured and 1,500 homeless are reported. This is a town of 16,000 population. Eight are dead at Central Fa-jarde. The province of Pinar del Rio, on the western side of Cuba, was hardly touched.

There are many dead and injured at Matanzas, which is almost cut off. No reports have been received from the Isle of Pines.

In Havana itself, damage to the extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in wrecked shipping and warehouses. Four bodies were found this afternoon floating in the harbor.

The monument to the old battleship Maine is in ruins, with the twin marble columns lying at the base near the ten-inch guns, still in place. The wireless towers of Morro Castle are down and the only direct communication with the provinces is with the cruiser Cuba's wireless installation,

Numerous delegations of men from the various official departments were engaged in clearing up the wreckage, removing the fallen trees, the iron shutters and the broken glass that littered the streets. Street car service was virtually at a standstill.

Some of the hospitals and asylums for children did not go unscathed, although fortunately the patients and inmates escaped without injury. In one asylum, housing 719 children and many attendants, considerable damage was done to the building but no one was hurt.

A hundred ships of various classes were sunk or badly damaged. It is feared that many seamen have been drowned, a check-up today revealing that approximately fifty were missing.

The center of the hurricane was east of Havana, passing directly over the city of Guines; it reached its height at 10.30 in the morning. So terrific was the wind that the rain was carried almost horizontally.

A section of the city along the famous Malecon Driveway on the seafront is inundated. The water rose six or eight feet. In the lower part of the city the tidal wave reached to the second story of houses.

Practically all the dead and injured are of the poorer classes, caught in the collapse of their homes or struck down seeking safety. A thorough canvass of the American colony revealed that only 18 Americans were injured, most of them only slightly.

The American embassy residence was damaged, the windows being blown in and two partitions blown down. Ambassador Crowder spent the night and today at a hotel. The staffs of both embassy and consulate weathered the storm without harm, except that they had to seek new quarters.

Brief reports from various places in Havana province indicate the widespread destruction of the gale. At Jaruco, 400 houses were wrecked. Bainoa, a town of about 1,400 population, was wiped out. Twenty houses were destroyed at Minas, while at Bejucal, 80 per cent of the houses were destroyea.

At Guanabacoa three dead, 100 injured and 1,500 homeless are reported. This is a town of 16,000 population. Eight are dead at Central Fa-jarde. The province of Pinar del Rio, on the western side of Cuba, was hardly touched.

There are many dead and injured at Matanzas, which is almost cut off. No reports have been received from the Isle of Pines.

In Havana itself, damage to the extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in wrecked shipping and warehouses. Four bodies were found this afternoon floating in the harbor.

The monument to the old battleship Maine is in ruins, with the twin marble columns lying at the base near the ten-inch guns, still in place. The wireless towers of Morro Castle are down and the only direct communication with the provinces is with the cruiser Cuba's wireless installation,

Numerous delegations of men from the various official departments were engaged in clearing up the wreckage, removing the fallen trees, the iron shutters and the broken glass that littered the streets. Street car service was virtually at a standstill.

Some of the hospitals and asylums for children did not go unscathed, although fortunately the patients and inmates escaped without injury. In one asylum, housing 719 children and many attendants, considerable damage was done to the building but no one was hurt.

A hundred ships of various classes were sunk or badly damaged. It is feared that many seamen have been drowned, a check-up today revealing that approximately fifty were missing.

The center of the hurricane was east of Havana, passing directly over the city of Guines; it reached its height at 10.30 in the morning. So terrific was the wind that the rain was carried almost horizontally.

A section of the city along the famous Malecon Driveway on the seafront is inundated. The water rose six or eight feet. In the lower part of the city the tidal wave reached to the second story of houses.

Practically all the dead and injured are of the poorer classes, caught in the collapse of their homes or struck down seeking safety. A thorough canvass of the American colony revealed that only 18 Americans were injured, most of them only slightly.

The American embassy residence was damaged, the windows being blown in and two partitions blown down. Ambassador Crowder spent the night and today at a hotel. The staffs of both embassy and consulate weathered the storm without harm, except that they had to seek new quarters.

Brief reports from various places in Havana province indicate the widespread destruction of the gale. At Jaruco, 400 houses were wrecked. Bainoa, a town of about 1,400 population, was wiped out. Twenty houses were destroyed at Minas, while at Bejucal, 80 per cent of the houses were destroyea.

At Guanabacoa three dead, 100 injured and 1,500 homeless are reported. This is a town of 16,000 population. Eight are dead at Central Fa-jarde. The province of Pinar del Rio, on the western side of Cuba, was hardly touched.

There are many dead and injured at Matanzas, which is almost cut off. No reports have been received from the Isle of Pines.

In Havana itself, damage to the extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in wrecked shipping and warehouses. Four bodies were found this afternoon floating in the harbor.

The monument to the old battleship Maine is in ruins, with the twin marble columns lying at the base near the ten-inch guns, still in place. The wireless towers of Morro Castle are down and the only direct communication with the provinces is with the cruiser Cuba's wireless installation,

Numerous delegations of men from the various official departments were engaged in clearing up the wreckage, removing the fallen trees, the iron shutters and the broken glass that littered the streets. Street car service was virtually at a standstill.

Some of the hospitals and asylums for children did not go unscathed, although fortunately the patients and inmates escaped without injury. In one asylum, housing 719 children and many attendants, considerable damage was done to the building but no one was hurt.

A hundred ships of various classes were sunk or badly damaged. It is feared that many seamen have been drowned, a check-up today revealing that approximately fifty were missing.

The center of the hurricane was east of Havana, passing directly over the city of Guines; it reached its height at 10.30 in the morning. So terrific was the wind that the rain was carried almost horizontally.

A section of the city along the famous Malecon Driveway on the seafront is inundated. The water rose six or eight feet. In the lower part of the city the tidal wave reached to the second story of houses.

Practically all the dead and injured are of the poorer classes, caught in the collapse of their homes or struck down seeking safety. A thorough canvass of the American colony revealed that only 18 Americans were injured, most of them only slightly.

The American embassy residence was damaged, the windows being blown in and two partitions blown down. Ambassador Crowder spent the night and today at a hotel. The staffs of both embassy and consulate weathered the storm without harm, except that they had to seek new quarters.

Brief reports from various places in Havana province indicate the widespread destruction of the gale. At Jaruco, 400 houses were wrecked. Bainoa, a town of about 1,400 population, was wiped out. Twenty houses were destroyed at Minas, while at Bejucal, 80 per cent of the houses were destroyea.

At Guanabacoa three dead, 100 injured and 1,500 homeless are reported. This is a town of 16,000 population. Eight are dead at Central Fa-jarde. The province of Pinar del Rio, on the western side of Cuba, was hardly touched.

There are many dead and injured at Matanzas, which is almost cut off. No reports have been received from the Isle of Pines.

In Havana itself, damage to the extent of $5,000,000 was suffered in wrecked shipping and warehouses. Four bodies were found this afternoon floating in the harbor.

The monument to the old battleship Maine is in ruins, with the twin marble columns lying at the base near the ten-inch guns, still in place. The wireless towers of Morro Castle are down and the only direct communication with the provinces is with the cruiser Cuba's wireless installation,

Numerous delegations of men from the various official departments were engaged in clearing up the wreckage, removing the fallen trees, the iron shutters and the broken glass that littered the streets. Street car service was virtually at a standstill.

Some of the hospitals and asylums for children did not go unscathed, although fortunately the patients and inmates escaped without injury. In one asylum, housing 719 children and many attendants, considerable damage was done to the building but no one was hurt.