3000 VICTIMS.
CYCLONE IN RUSSIA. - ; ; FEARS FOR FISHINa FLEETS. "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. ' ST. Mareh 19.. A cyclone at Rostovondon 'clayncd v 3200 victims. A fishing settlement oi\ 400 houses was swept away. . ' There are fears* for the safety oflffief Astrakhan fishing fleets and their erews, . totalling 10,600 men. * v Striking phenomena were witnessed. A rain of mud disfigured housed arid * ruined orchards. . Blinding- lightning came without thunder. Peasants in thestricken area believed this was all j a prelude to the Judgment Day. .
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 38, 21 March 1914, Page 7
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843000 VICTIMS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 38, 21 March 1914, Page 7
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