CYCLONE IN INDIA
Private cablegrams received here from India announce there has been a most serious cyclone at Calcutta, and many vessels have drifted ashore and been wrecked. . The New Zealand Insurance Company has sustained a loss of LoOOO, and the South British is believed to be involved, but to what extent is not known. Tho South British received a cable from Bombay stating that seven vessels were wrecked off False Point, Calcutta. Their head office at Calcutta, where the risks were taken has received no detail as to losses.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5310, 3 October 1885, Page 2
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90CYCLONE IN INDIA Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5310, 3 October 1885, Page 2
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