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Show HUNDREDS Of LIVES LOST RESULT OF RECENT STORM VIctlmB Were Poor Cubans, One American Soldier Being Fatally Injured Property Loss Will Be Over $2,000,000. Hnvann. Tho cyclono which began hero Wednesday tnftcrnoon reached Its full fury on Thursday morning. Tho greatest dnmngo occurred In the harbor har-bor and nlong the docks. A number of smaller craft and lighters were sunk and somo business houses wero blown down. The total number of deaths wns twenty, nil Cubans of tho poorer class. There are a number of sailors among tho dead. Several score of longshoremen longshore-men nnd sailors wero Injured. Tho torrentlnl downpour of rain completely stopped the street car service and tho wind nnd rain made It next to Impossible' to got about on tho streets, Trees in tho parks nud nlong tho shaded nvenucs were blown down In large numbers. Tho cyclono was confined to tho provlnco of Havana and PInnr Del Hlo. Mntanzas City escaped. All telegraphic communication communica-tion wns annihilated. Friday the wind moderated greatly, and tho city is fast resuming Its uormnl appearance. appear-ance. Many farmers havo lost their nil and nro In great distress. General IJell has reported to tho war department that two men of tho Twenty-eighth Infantry wero Injurod, ono fotnlly, by tho hurrlcano; that ocean-going shipping Is In satisfactory condition, but that many lighters broko adrift and several sank. |