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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The October storm in II;ivaiia. N'icw on the Prado facing the Hotel Pasaje, showing the damage 



done to the beautiful shade trees. 



Another most serious 

 The storm ravaged western 



October Cuba on October 11. In 

 Storm. Havana many minor l)uild- 

 ings were blown down or un- 

 roofed, five persons killed and about 

 twenty-five injured. The greatest dam- 

 age was done in the harbor, where forty 

 or fifty lighters, launches and small tugs 

 either were sunk or blown ashore. In 

 Pinar del Rio Province the orange and 

 other fruit crops suffered severely. 

 There were heavy floods at Vuelta Abajo. 

 the tobacco region, but the tobacco crop 

 has not been seriously affected. The 

 vortex of the tornado was a short dis- 

 tance west of Havana. At Arroyo Na- 

 ranjo, Havana Province, the new tuber- 

 culosis hospital was blown down and 

 many of the patients injured. 



When the storm struck the bay it 

 swept away buildings and boats before 

 it, demolishing every small structure on 

 the east side, sinking full half a hun- 

 dred boats of various kinds and making 

 a sorry wreck of the plants and docks 

 of the Havana Coal Company, which 

 probably suffered the heaviest financial 

 loss of any one concern. The officers of 

 the company estimate the damage at be- 

 tween $100,000 and $130,000.— Post. 



F. L. Clinton, Cuban honorary consul 

 at Pensacola, Florida, recently forward- 

 ed his resignation to the Department of 

 State. The resignation was accepted. 



Damage 



at the 



Experiment 



Station. 



According to Direct Gar- 

 cia Oses, only a few of the 

 trees planted at the Gov- 

 ernment Agricultural Sta- 

 tion at Santiago de los 

 Vegas were left standing 

 by the October storm, all the experi- 

 mental plants were torn up or killed by 

 the wind; the botanical garden is a ver- 

 itable ruin; the acclimation department, 

 where innumerable plants of commercial 

 value to this country were planted, also 

 suffered and the new tobacco barn, which 

 was built recently, was blown to the 

 ground. The rain driving through the 

 broken windows caused considerable 

 damage to the interior of the labora- 

 tories. 



Cattle breeders of Cama- 

 More guey province are asking 

 Protection more protection for the 

 Wanted. Cuban cattle industry. They 

 state that they are being 

 driven to ruin by the importation of for- 

 eign cattle. Because of their agitation 

 last year Governor Magoon increased 

 the duty on foreign cattle a fraction of 

 a cent per kilo. This extra protection is 

 said by the cattle dealers to mean no 

 protection to them at all. Senators and 

 Representatives promise more favorable 

 legislation when Congress convenes. 



President Gomez has appointed James 

 Luke to be honorary consul of Cuba at 

 Calcutta, India. 



