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Terrific Hurricane In Cuba

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Day
21
Month
October
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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Havana, Uut 16. Captaio-Geueral De Rodas has issnpd anoider iberatiog 2,000 eppn niic d negrees cpttir'i froui slavcrs in the ycarslSöf), 1853 and 1857. The French mail stoamer Datien has bben lost, fifteen miles to lie windwird 'ot Guataine. All hau-'a were sa'el. iiiiay tiiglit there was a severa liurrioune in the biy, butsiight damage w doue, howovor, t.) vo-sels and to propertyiu the city. Trees were pros raced. but no hous38. Iu tho couutry tho growiog cune luid otLer oropa were damaged. A hunicane has aleo oncurred at Matanza, wuh most dimstroui pfleoH Copaujuoicaiion betweei Ibnl place aud Havana was i itenup'el uu i il to-day. An cstruordinary i iü of two rivers inuiidüted the iuttrvtniug groinuJ where the ratlway depots wero looated. The depots, traios, f as!ei]gera and houees all dJnappcarcd. Two thnugand p -rjocs are eaid to have been lost. The damage to property waaenormúUí. The Bteatnship Müsouri sailed from ihis port for New York, but when two miles off Moro Castle it enoounterod heavy seas, and was cnmpellci! to re!urn. X suainer of the British lino, henee lor St. Thomas, wna obligcd to put oto Matauzits, ou aceouut of heory ireatber. Havana, Üct. 16 The efFeets of t!ie huiricane upon the i land arj mucli worse than it was at tirstt supposed. The disasters at MatatiZLis ure coufirmed. No particulars have been receive.d. Heavy weatber rendera coinniiniication by L2i, betwecn HaVana cud Matanz-.is, iuipossibla. Havana, Oct. 16. Cwrjjnas bas also suffercd niuch Irom tho hurricane on Frid-iv. The lovrcr part of tho city waí luid waste. Tho interior of tho island, back of Cárdenas and Matanzas, is desolatcd. The cane beiug soiuewhat b&ckwaid thig season, 8USiams leas daitage Üian other crops. The hurHoaric was the ceverest which biiè vipited this island within a century. The fü'ii-.ving ia a liet, ofihe total wreoka t Matanzas: Brig Baxter, of New York; bark Haat, of Portland; brig Criarles, of Portland; schooner Edwin, oí Bridgepnj"t. The following vcssels j were danjasjed : Scbooper Palermo, of j Bath ; bark M;u'y. Tbero was a great oss to coopergo and atuoks in the trarelouses on the 1jv gro'ind at MfttantBB, w'uii.'!i wen all destroyed. Ttio in'flux of the se causee! a great ilsu iu the rivern. Wtu'n th.6 water reoeded erarj thing W88 üírept way by the returuiug loodK.-,y West, Oct. 17. A hurrioano from th noitbeast bas icen rcigning liere for the nat five das All tho löwer streots ajrte irmndated, and ; "itiinunicalion betweén V.m upper and ower portiourt uí tho city is oiily made D boats. The naval tquadroa uudmoi:itoru are all safe.

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