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Show HAVANA HAS IIICAi Many Lives Lost and Great Damage to Property IInana, Oct. 17. The tornado that returned late yr-sterdry continued through the night and rased this afternoon aft-ernoon with Increasrd fury. A heavy loss of life and great property drun-ato drun-ato is reported. Tho tornad vp velocity veloc-ity Is nppnlllng. Beyond doubt it is more serious than the hurricane of 10m; whirh cost many lives and da lingo li-ngo to the amount of millions of dollars. dol-lars. The custom? honsn warehouses wero flooded and tho roof of the main buildings build-ings has been blown away. .Tho national observatory reports that the disturbance Is only beginning begin-ning and will lost proably for twenty-four twenty-four hours. The town of Bntabaiio Is nald to ho under water to a depth of many feeL Many lives have been lost there, according ac-cording to reports. A report from Recla says many persons per-sons have been killed there. It Is rumored that a great number of sailors sail-ors and longshoremen have been drowned in the harbor. It Is probable tho mo-t fatalities and the greatest momentary damage bus been done In Tlnar del Rio. where the destruction on Thursday and Friday Fri-day has leen added to gTcatly slnco last night. It Is belioved. The sugar cane crop Is thought to have suffered suf-fered severel. Wlr communications with the Interior Inter-ior la cut off, and the situation out side the city Is In doubht. |