CYCLONE IN BURMA.
DESTRUCTION AT SEAPORT. LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. (Received November 14, 5.5 p.m.) CALCUTTA, Nov. 13 A cyclone practically destroyed Kvaukpyu, a seaport in Burma, on the island of Ramrce, south of Akyab. It levelled the Government buildings to tho ground and reduced tho bazaar to a heap of twisted iron. Two deaths arc reported so far. The damage done to property is enormous. The municipal buildings and the Court circuit houses were blown down and a pier destroyed. Shipping in the harbour suffered severely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20722, 15 November 1930, Page 11
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