DEVASTATING WIND.
LOSS IN JAMAICA. KINGSTON (Jamaica), Sept. 27. Gales up to 50 miles an hour, which are feared to be the forerunners of a hurricane, sv\pt Jamaica, uprooting banana trees to an estimated total of 2,000.000, which is 35 per cent of the colony’s crop. MIAMI’S LUCKY ESCAPE. DESTRUCTION IN CUBA. NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The eastern coast of Florida to-day waited tensely for the tropical hurricane which was reported to be sweeping northward, having caused considerable loss of life and damage to property in Cuba and Jamaica early this evening. However, the Weather Bureau reports indicated that the hurricane had moved slightly eastward and its full force will probably miss Miami and the coastal points northward, although warnings were sent out for the guidance of shipping. " According to reports from Havana an area of 150 to 200 miles wide across Cuba was swept by the hurricane. Thirty are reported killed at Cienfuegos, in the Santa Clara province, and over a thousand homes were destroyed, while other property was damaged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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171DEVASTATING WIND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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