SEVERE HURRICANES.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 4

SEVERE HURRICANES.

DAMAGE IN TEXAS TOWN. FEARS FOR STEAMER'S CREW. (Per Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Auslriilinii and N.Z. Cable Association). NEW YORK, August 1!). , A hurricane destroyed houses, wharves, and pleasure resorts at Corpus Christi (Texas). Great damage was done to property. The steamer Pilot • Boy sank in the gulf, and the crew of twelve are missing. Details of the disaster are meagre, as the telegraph lines are down. THE JAMAICA.VISITATION. KINGSTON, August 18, " The Governor of Jamaica announced that the damage done by the hurricane is far greater than at-first estimated. The banana and other crops suffered; '. •tliu sugar cane is undamaged.