ISLAND DISAPPEARS
SCORES OF DEAD BODIES. CATASTROPHE IN PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA. ATTRIBUTED TO SEISMIO DISTURBANCE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LISBON, January 27. (Received January 28, at 9.45 a.m.) Tho Government has received confirmation of tlm blotting out of the, island town of Port Alexander, in the, south of Portuguese West Africa. Tho earlier wireless reports wore regarded sceptically. Rescue ships now report that they picked un from a raging sea a. number of sailors, who resembled gibbering madmen as they told the story of the catastrophe. According to them the bosom of the sea suddenly heaved mountain high, then dropped to a swirling maelstrom, under which the island disappeared. Only floating debris and scores of dead bodies indicated the scene of the disaster, which is attributed to a seismic disturbance. At present it is believed that not a single inhabitant has survived; but it is hoped that some may be washed up on the mainland, where dozens of small craft were stranded. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18851, 28 January 1925, Page 5
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165ISLAND DISAPPEARS Evening Star, Issue 18851, 28 January 1925, Page 5
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