A hurricane crossed a small island on its way to Cuba, leaving dead and injured there, Americans among them, and growing losses reported from Havana and Batabano.
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Survivors reaching Havana reported deaths, injuries and heavy property losses on the Isle of Pines, where a Caribbean hurricane passed on Wednesday morning, destroying some villages and ruining the citrus fruit crops the island ships to the United States. In Cuba, where the storm went on, the number of dead was still being counted, communications with the devastated districts remained crippled, and in Havana street car service had been resumed.
The report counts the dead of the island by nationality, listing Americans separately among those killed, and notes that many wealthy Americans have homes there and that the citrus fruit the island sends to the United States in great quantities has been ruined. Its figures are those of survivors reaching Havana and of early reports, and the text itself states that it has been impossible to calculate the number of injured and that communications by railroad or wire to the devastated districts continue crippled.
ISLE OF PINES DEVASTATED BY HIGH WIND Several Americans Are Listed Among Dead; Death List in Cuba Is Growing
HAVANA, Oct. 23. - (AP) - The picturesque little Isle of Pines paid a heavy toll in deaths, injured and material damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death and devastation.
Survivors reaching here say that 38 persons were killed, among them 17 Americans, that more than 200 persons were injured and that property and other losses will amount to $50,000,000.
The steamer Cristobal Colon brought to Batabano, Cuba, 52 injured persons. Some villages on the island were destroyed.
There were fatalities in Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe and San Francisco.
Many wealthy Americans have homes in the Isle, which has an area of about 900 square miles, 50 miles from Cuba. Citrus fruit crops, such as the Isle sends to the United States in great quantities, have been ruined. Boats with physicians, food and medicines are being sent to the Isle from Batanbano.
Reports from various parts of Cube visited by the hurricane served only to add to the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was still under 1,000. It has been impossible to calculate the number of injured. The loss is estimated at $100,000,000.
The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabano. Early reports placed the death list there at 300. A check-up in the port of Havana reveals a possible loss in the waetrs there of 157 ilves. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, but the crews of 46 fishing boats, aggregating some 80 men, are missing. Incoming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100.
Communications by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues crippled.
In the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in some sections of Pinar del Rio, the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained extensive damage.
In Havana street car service has been resumed and a limited amount of water is available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
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A hurricane crossed a small island on its way to Cuba, leaving dead and injured there, Americans among them, and growing losses reported from Havana and Batabano.
[The original headline contains a term we do not repeat in headlines, page addresses or search results. It is reproduced, unchanged, with the text below. Why]
Survivors reaching Havana reported deaths, injuries and heavy property losses on the Isle of Pines, where a Caribbean hurricane passed on Wednesday morning, destroying some villages and ruining the citrus fruit crops the island ships to the United States. In Cuba, where the storm went on, the number of dead was still being counted, communications with the devastated districts remained crippled, and in Havana street car service had been resumed.
The report counts the dead of the island by nationality, listing Americans separately among those killed, and notes that many wealthy Americans have homes there and that the citrus fruit the island sends to the United States in great quantities has been ruined. Its figures are those of survivors reaching Havana and of early reports, and the text itself states that it has been impossible to calculate the number of injured and that communications by railroad or wire to the devastated districts continue crippled.
ISLE OF PINES DEVASTATED BY HIGH WIND Several Americans Are Listed Among Dead; Death List in Cuba Is Growing
HAVANA, Oct. 23. - (AP) - The picturesque little Isle of Pines paid a heavy toll in deaths, injured and material damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death and devastation.
Survivors reaching here say that 38 persons were killed, among them 17 Americans, that more than 200 persons were injured and that property and other losses will amount to $50,000,000.
The steamer Cristobal Colon brought to Batabano, Cuba, 52 injured persons. Some villages on the island were destroyed.
There were fatalities in Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe and San Francisco.
Many wealthy Americans have homes in the Isle, which has an area of about 900 square miles, 50 miles from Cuba. Citrus fruit crops, such as the Isle sends to the United States in great quantities, have been ruined. Boats with physicians, food and medicines are being sent to the Isle from Batanbano.
Reports from various parts of Cube visited by the hurricane served only to add to the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was still under 1,000. It has been impossible to calculate the number of injured. The loss is estimated at $100,000,000.
The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabano. Early reports placed the death list there at 300. A check-up in the port of Havana reveals a possible loss in the waetrs there of 157 ilves. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, but the crews of 46 fishing boats, aggregating some 80 men, are missing. Incoming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100.
Communications by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues crippled.
In the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in some sections of Pinar del Rio, the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained extensive damage.
In Havana street car service has been resumed and a limited amount of water is available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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A hurricane crossed a small island on its way to Cuba, leaving dead and injured there, Americans among them, and growing losses reported from Havana and Batabano.
[The original headline contains a term we do not repeat in headlines, page addresses or search results. It is reproduced, unchanged, with the text below. Why]
Survivors reaching Havana reported deaths, injuries and heavy property losses on the Isle of Pines, where a Caribbean hurricane passed on Wednesday morning, destroying some villages and ruining the citrus fruit crops the island ships to the United States. In Cuba, where the storm went on, the number of dead was still being counted, communications with the devastated districts remained crippled, and in Havana street car service had been resumed.
The report counts the dead of the island by nationality, listing Americans separately among those killed, and notes that many wealthy Americans have homes there and that the citrus fruit the island sends to the United States in great quantities has been ruined. Its figures are those of survivors reaching Havana and of early reports, and the text itself states that it has been impossible to calculate the number of injured and that communications by railroad or wire to the devastated districts continue crippled.
ISLE OF PINES DEVASTATED BY HIGH WIND Several Americans Are Listed Among Dead; Death List in Cuba Is Growing
HAVANA, Oct. 23. - (AP) - The picturesque little Isle of Pines paid a heavy toll in deaths, injured and material damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death and devastation.
Survivors reaching here say that 38 persons were killed, among them 17 Americans, that more than 200 persons were injured and that property and other losses will amount to $50,000,000.
The steamer Cristobal Colon brought to Batabano, Cuba, 52 injured persons. Some villages on the island were destroyed.
There were fatalities in Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe and San Francisco.
Many wealthy Americans have homes in the Isle, which has an area of about 900 square miles, 50 miles from Cuba. Citrus fruit crops, such as the Isle sends to the United States in great quantities, have been ruined. Boats with physicians, food and medicines are being sent to the Isle from Batanbano.
Reports from various parts of Cube visited by the hurricane served only to add to the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was still under 1,000. It has been impossible to calculate the number of injured. The loss is estimated at $100,000,000.
The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabano. Early reports placed the death list there at 300. A check-up in the port of Havana reveals a possible loss in the waetrs there of 157 ilves. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, but the crews of 46 fishing boats, aggregating some 80 men, are missing. Incoming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100.
Communications by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues crippled.
In the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in some sections of Pinar del Rio, the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained extensive damage.
In Havana street car service has been resumed and a limited amount of water is available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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A hurricane crossed a small island on its way to Cuba, leaving dead and injured there, Americans among them, and growing losses reported from Havana and Batabano.
[The original headline contains a term we do not repeat in headlines, page addresses or search results. It is reproduced, unchanged, with the text below. Why]
Survivors reaching Havana reported deaths, injuries and heavy property losses on the Isle of Pines, where a Caribbean hurricane passed on Wednesday morning, destroying some villages and ruining the citrus fruit crops the island ships to the United States. In Cuba, where the storm went on, the number of dead was still being counted, communications with the devastated districts remained crippled, and in Havana street car service had been resumed.
The report counts the dead of the island by nationality, listing Americans separately among those killed, and notes that many wealthy Americans have homes there and that the citrus fruit the island sends to the United States in great quantities has been ruined. Its figures are those of survivors reaching Havana and of early reports, and the text itself states that it has been impossible to calculate the number of injured and that communications by railroad or wire to the devastated districts continue crippled.
ISLE OF PINES DEVASTATED BY HIGH WIND Several Americans Are Listed Among Dead; Death List in Cuba Is Growing
HAVANA, Oct. 23. - (AP) - The picturesque little Isle of Pines paid a heavy toll in deaths, injured and material damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death and devastation.
Survivors reaching here say that 38 persons were killed, among them 17 Americans, that more than 200 persons were injured and that property and other losses will amount to $50,000,000.
The steamer Cristobal Colon brought to Batabano, Cuba, 52 injured persons. Some villages on the island were destroyed.
There were fatalities in Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe and San Francisco.
Many wealthy Americans have homes in the Isle, which has an area of about 900 square miles, 50 miles from Cuba. Citrus fruit crops, such as the Isle sends to the United States in great quantities, have been ruined. Boats with physicians, food and medicines are being sent to the Isle from Batanbano.
Reports from various parts of Cube visited by the hurricane served only to add to the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was still under 1,000. It has been impossible to calculate the number of injured. The loss is estimated at $100,000,000.
The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabano. Early reports placed the death list there at 300. A check-up in the port of Havana reveals a possible loss in the waetrs there of 157 ilves. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, but the crews of 46 fishing boats, aggregating some 80 men, are missing. Incoming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100.
Communications by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues crippled.
In the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in some sections of Pinar del Rio, the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained extensive damage.
In Havana street car service has been resumed and a limited amount of water is available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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A hurricane crossed a small island on its way to Cuba, leaving dead and injured there, Americans among them, and growing losses reported from Havana and Batabano.
[The original headline contains a term we do not repeat in headlines, page addresses or search results. It is reproduced, unchanged, with the text below. Why]
Survivors reaching Havana reported deaths, injuries and heavy property losses on the Isle of Pines, where a Caribbean hurricane passed on Wednesday morning, destroying some villages and ruining the citrus fruit crops the island ships to the United States. In Cuba, where the storm went on, the number of dead was still being counted, communications with the devastated districts remained crippled, and in Havana street car service had been resumed.
The report counts the dead of the island by nationality, listing Americans separately among those killed, and notes that many wealthy Americans have homes there and that the citrus fruit the island sends to the United States in great quantities has been ruined. Its figures are those of survivors reaching Havana and of early reports, and the text itself states that it has been impossible to calculate the number of injured and that communications by railroad or wire to the devastated districts continue crippled.
ISLE OF PINES DEVASTATED BY HIGH WIND Several Americans Are Listed Among Dead; Death List in Cuba Is Growing
HAVANA, Oct. 23. - (AP) - The picturesque little Isle of Pines paid a heavy toll in deaths, injured and material damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death and devastation.
Survivors reaching here say that 38 persons were killed, among them 17 Americans, that more than 200 persons were injured and that property and other losses will amount to $50,000,000.
The steamer Cristobal Colon brought to Batabano, Cuba, 52 injured persons. Some villages on the island were destroyed.
There were fatalities in Nueva Gerona, Santa Fe and San Francisco.
Many wealthy Americans have homes in the Isle, which has an area of about 900 square miles, 50 miles from Cuba. Citrus fruit crops, such as the Isle sends to the United States in great quantities, have been ruined. Boats with physicians, food and medicines are being sent to the Isle from Batanbano.
Reports from various parts of Cube visited by the hurricane served only to add to the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was still under 1,000. It has been impossible to calculate the number of injured. The loss is estimated at $100,000,000.
The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabano. Early reports placed the death list there at 300. A check-up in the port of Havana reveals a possible loss in the waetrs there of 157 ilves. Twenty-five bodies have been recovered, but the crews of 46 fishing boats, aggregating some 80 men, are missing. Incoming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100.
Communications by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues crippled.
In the provinces of Havana and Matanzas, and in some sections of Pinar del Rio, the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained extensive damage.
In Havana street car service has been resumed and a limited amount of water is available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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