UNLUCKY SICILY.
A CYCLONE. . THREE THOUSAND HOUSES DOWN.' ' , SIXTY . ENTOMBED, : . - (Uy Telegraph.—Preaa Aaaoclatloa.-OoDyrlcbt.l • (Rec. September .6, 11.15 p.m.) London, September 6. ' • According to a report published l in tlio "Daily Chrouicl?," the Catania district of Sicily,. which suffered so severely in the ro~' cent earthquake,' has been swept by- a cyclone. ... 1 ' . t Three thousand houses' have -been destroyed. At Scorteia (PSortino, a town with a population, of , about 0000), 60 persona have been entombed, aud many injured. I Miles of country have beeh denuded of vegetation. . -.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 5
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87UNLUCKY SICILY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 5
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