Show KEY WEST IN RUINS HURRICANE WHICH STRUCK COAST OF FLORIDA CAUSES LOSS df OF MILLIONS areat damage alo also done at havana and over island of cuba by one of the wor s t storms since the disastrous blow of 1906 key west ilia As A a result of 0 the hurricane which struck the southern coast st of florida on monday key Is a mass of wreckage imd and the damage to property Is estimated at martial law was pro claimed and tho the key west jest guards took charge of ot the city the united states government has been askel 1 to dispatch troops here heere e without dalay chaos reigned on every hand and few people remained in ia their homod hundreds of house housen were ere totally wrecked or damaged ono hundred vessels were in the harbor but five remained nt at anchor the others having gone to sea cr or being washed upon the tho bea chomi streets along tho water front are ara a nial marj niala A of wreckage brick aa as well Us is frame buildings throughout the uie city buttered suffered from the hurricane and many miraculous escape escapes from death have been re ported almost every nationality Is depre scented among the altys population of ot more than about one halt half of whom are employed in cigar manu facture sponger fisheries and salvage coni panlee If havana avanti the ne most serious tornado 11 ince the ble big blow of october 17 i 1006 1906 struck cuba early monday de va vait tating the western portion of the island in havana many minor buildings were blown down or un routed roofed five live persona persons were killed and about twenty livo were injured the greatest damage done was in the harbor where forty or fifty light lightell eLs launches and small tuga tugs were either lunk sunk or blown ashore at casa blanca great anxiety was felt throughout the day for the safety of the ward liner morro castle new york ana and the plant line steamer miami from key west both of these steamers ate amere however ar safely at 6 5 30 monday afternoon the total damage in havana and vicinity Is fit estimated at |