Masonry buildings bore the brunt of the storm, with the recently overhauled Teatro Principal wholly obliterated,[REF] the city gas plant rendered unusable after its smokestack crumpled, and numerous churches flattened.
Not a single residence remained undamaged after the hurricane's passage in Bejucal, San Antonio de los Baños, Santiago de Las Vegas, and Mariel, and those that were not destroyed were unroofed.