DISASTROUS CYCLONE
ESST AFRICAN TOWN WIPED OUT
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST,
(SMITI9 fltllSß ASSOCIATION.—COFTRWHT.)
(PUBLISHES IN THE TIMES.)
CAPETOWN, 3rd March.
The failure of Beira, in Portuguese East Africa-, to secure telegraphic communication since last week, has been ■explained by the arrival of a runner from the seaport of Chinde, with news of a disastrous cyclone at Chinde on 24th February. ' The cyclone was followed by torrential rairls, which severed communications, sinking and piling up all the river steamers and .barges. All the storage sheds were wrecked, much cargo was lost, and the remainder daroaged. Practically every building in the place was ■unroofed, and several collapsed. Shipping communication must be at a standstill for some time. (ADITKAUAIt - NIW lIALAH» CAILI AIICCIATIOK.) CAPETOWN, 4th March. Beira reports that the town of Chinde has been practically wiped out by the cyclone; only eight houses were left standing. Thousands of bags of sugar were destroyed, and the damage is estimated at a quarter of a million pounds. Thirty-five liyee were lost.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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167DISASTROUS CYCLONE Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 7
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