1906 Florida Keys hurricane

The town of Bluefields suffered moderate damage during the hurricane, including downed trees and damage to roofs.[8] In western Nicaragua, widespread flooding damaged roads and disrupted the construction of a port in Corinto. In Matagalpa, many plantations were severely damaged, in addition to the destruction of bridges and roads in the city.[1] Several landslides occurred, leading to the destruction of many hills. In addition, local crops suffered much damage,[1] including much of the local banana and rubber crops.[11] A large wave measuring 15 feet (4.6 m) caused by the storm was described off Nicaragua, and caused brief disappearances of the Seal Cays.[8] Along the Mosquito Coast, the town of Prinzapolka was nearly wiped out by the hurricane.[12] Damage to fruit plantations in Costa Rica totaled $1,000,000.[8]

Havana sustained major damage from the hurricane, with 50 houses destroyed,[13] and cable operators in Miami, Santiago, and Jamaica were unable to reach telegraph services in the city.[14] The wall of the American legation was blown down. Vedado's sea baths were severely damaged.[13] Havana's streetcar service was temporarily disrupted by the storm. Trees were blown down in the parks of Havana.[13] Twenty people were killed in the city,[4] while in Batabanó, nine people were killed, with many others missing. In Matanzas, the location of the United States' 28th Infantry, tents were destroyed and there was widespread damage. However, nobody was killed or injured in the city. In San Luis, tobacco crops were ruined,[5] and 150 tobacco barns in the Alquízar municipality were destroyed. The sugar crop in Pinar del Río Province survived well during the hurricane.[13] In the La Guria section of Cuba, the banana crops were completely destroyed. Rivers topped their banks throughout the country.[7]

The remains of the steamer St. Lucia after the hurricane

In Miami, over 100 houses were destroyed, and the Episcopal and Methodist churches were completely destroyed. The jail in Miami was nearly completely dismantled, and the prisoners were evacuated. In Fort Pierce, the Peninsula and Occidental railcar sheds collapsed, with the roofs blown away. A two-story brick saloon was destroyed during the hurricane. The Miami telegraph office reported street flooding in the city, and that the telegraph office was flooded.[14] Damage in Miami amounted to $160,000.[1] In Key West, houses and trees were knocked down.[15] In St. Augustine, the tide was described as the "highest in ten years,"[14] where streets were flooded throughout the city.[16] At least 70 passengers on the steamers St. Lucia and Peerless drowned during the storm near Elliott Key.[3] The steamers Campbell and the Sara were destroyed near the Isle of Pines,[5] and the Elmora sank.[6] Telegraph lines were also down south of Jupiter.[17]

The effects of the hurricane were most severe on the Florida East Coast Railway, where at least 135 people died,[1] 104 of them on Houseboat No. 4, one of the railway's boats.[2] Many of the workers were swept to sea on barges and flatboats;[3][18] however, the steamer Jenny rescued 42 workers, who were dropped off at Key West, while another 24 were sent to Savannah, Georgia. The railway's losses totaled about $200,000. Construction was disrupted for a whole year by the storm, as equipment was reassembled and repaired.[19] Many farmers on the Florida Keys suffered large losses; orange groves and fields of pineapples were devastated by the storm. Six lives were lost on plantations in the Keys.[1] At the government wharf, the Fessenden was damaged during the hurricane.[20]