CYCLONE IN HOLLAND
DISASTER IN ITS WAKE
,VIVID DESCRIPTION
(A.P.A. and "Sun.") THE HAGUE, 2nd June. Eye-witnesses of the cyclone which swept a region in Holland describe its approach as though it were a heavy black pillar of smoke,- like a. distant fire. When it came nearer it was seen to be a whirlwind, topped by whirling black clouds. Within the area of the whirlwind, furniture, trees, roof-tiles, pieces of wood and iron, and even chickens were tossed about. The storm completely devastated a strip of land a hundred metres wide. Five peoole were killed and hundreds wero injured.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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99CYCLONE IN HOLLAND Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 9
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