TROPICAL STORM
CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE.
HAVOC IN FLORIDA. NO DEATHS REPORTED. (United Press Association—By Electric ■ Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.45 a,.mi. to-day. t NEW YORK, Aug. 8. A message from Jacksonville states that a terrific tropical storm is sweeping South and Central Florida, and causing damage to property estimated at five million dollars. Boones of houses have l>een unroofed, crops laid waste, and public utilities' crippled. It- is believed that then? were iio, casualties.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 August 1928, Page 7
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76TROPICAL STORM Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 August 1928, Page 7
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