TIDAL WAVE
NEWFOUNDLAND COAST FISHING VILLAGE SWEPT HOMES DAMAGED (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10th February, 12.45 p.m.) ST. JOHN (Newfoundland), 9th February. About 450 fislierfolk oil Sandy Point peninsula took refuge in attics on the roofs of cottages to-day as a tidal wave flooded their village. Some fled along a narrow six mile strip of sand to the mainland, reporting that the water had caused heavy damage to their home. The wave was swept in from the Bay of St. George on the west coast of Newfoundland by a terrific south-west gale, crushing one breakwater that protected Sandy Point.
A number of cattle were drowned,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 10 February 1933, Page 5
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