HURRICANE’S HAVOC
LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSSES. [BY CABLE —PEERS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.] 1 (Recd. June 9, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 8. Eight lives were lost, and 500 persons were rendered homeless, and it is estimated that 1,500,000 dollars property damage was caused by a hurricane, which swept San Salvador yesterday. The Pan-American Airways reported that martial law was declared, as the result of complete collapse of communication facilities, light and power lines. THUNDERCLAP’S VICTIMS CALCUTTA, June 8. A severe thunderclap was responsible for the deaths of three coolies and injuries to two others at Madras yesterday. Fifteen men were excavating a deep sandpit, when a thunderclap shook the ground, some men being overwhelmed by about 40 tons of ea rth.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19340609.2.29
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 9 June 1934, Page 7
Word Count
120HURRICANE’S HAVOC Greymouth Evening Star, 9 June 1934, Page 7
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in