TROPICAL STORM.
WEST INDIES SWEPT.
HAVANA, Sept. 2
The death roll in Cuba from the tropical storm which swept parts of the island yesterady is mounting rapidly, as communications are being restored. It is reported more than sixty have been killed. Hundreds have been injured, and hundreds of homes have been wrecked. Two men caught looting were shot dead. The storm swept over 200 miles of the northern coast of Cuba early on Friday night. The property damage in Havana is comparatively light.
FREIGHTER AGROUND
A BRITISH VESSEL,
MAIMI (Florida), Sept. 1
The Tropical Radio Company intercepted a wireless message from the British freighter Josephine Gray stating that she was aground 100 miles east of Havana and was asking for immediate assistance. She was driven aground by the storm which swept a section of Cuba. It is assumed that the crew are safe.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 237, 4 September 1933, Page 7
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