WEST INDIAN HURRICANE.
DAMAGE IN BRITISH ISLANDS. (BRITISH OVriOIAL WIESLESB.) RUGBY, September 16. The Governor of the Leeward Islands has telegraphed the Colonial Secretary that an inspection after the recent hurricane showed that the damage done was undoubtedly serious, making considerable assistance imperative. Six deaths had been reported, and many injured were in Roseau Hospital, 2nd in the country districts, half of the lime crop, 75 per cent, of the Coconut cropland the whole of the late cocoa crop had been de*™^ The crisiß had justified the new policv of grafting, lhj* -trees, smce nearly al had withstood the hu s" cane The food scarcity could be met by the attributions received or Pr The !S total damage to public works was about £IO.OOO and to peasants houses several thousands more.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20036, 18 September 1930, Page 11
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131WEST INDIAN HURRICANE. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20036, 18 September 1930, Page 11
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