THOUSAND KILLED
Storm 1 in Guatemala (Rec. 10.5) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. The Guatemalan Government has informed the State Depart- ■ ment that it estimated that 1000 persons had been killed and that . 70)000 were homeless as a result of floods, and the damage may be near ‘ ‘catastrophic proportions.” The Guatemalan Government asked the United States to send supplies by air and help evacuate stranded villagers. The Government reported an immediate need for clothing, medicine and other relief supplies. A message from Guatemala City said that some villages remain isolated. > The situation of Guatemala City’s 260,000 inhabitants is growing daily graver. It is estimated that it will take two weeks to repair railways and highways.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19491019.2.44
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 7, 19 October 1949, Page 5
Word Count
113THOUSAND KILLED Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 7, 19 October 1949, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in