HURRICANE DAMAGE
22in. of Rain in Ten Hours
Official Wireless. Rugby, July 13. The Colonial Office states t-hat the hurricane which did extensive damage in Trinidad on June 27 passed abou 100 miles south of Jamaica, but hit Grand Caymen Island on July 1. Roads and bridges in Clarendon Parish in Jamaica suffered damage from the accompanying extraordinary rainfall, which amounted to 22 inches in ten hours in some places. The gross cost of repairs is estimated from £30,000 to £50,000. Five lives were lost by drowning.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 250, 18 July 1933, Page 9
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