CYCLONE IN MADRAS
FIERCEST FOR MANY YEARS. IMMENSE HAVOC CAUSED. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) DELHI, December 1. Madras suffered severely from one of the fiercest cyclones experienced in the past 60 years. The storm, which swept the city, caused immense havoc. An oil tanker was driven aground. Three Europeans were drowned. Many huts were destroyed. City offices collapsed, and the electric light supply was paralysed, All the telegraph lines are down.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21199, 3 December 1930, Page 9
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