HURRICANE'S HAVOC
PARAGUAY AFFECTED 500 'reported dead OVER 400 BUILDINGS RAZED (Elec. Tol. Copyright- United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cab tv Associal ion.l ASUNCION (Paraguay), Sept. 22. A hurricane on Monday caused heavy ]\js.s of life and property in the Villa Encaiiiacioii, a town find" port on the river Parana, 180 miles south-east <4 the capital. Messages indicate that ofiieinl reports place the dead at 200, hut other information is that the death list already totals SCO and is growing hourly. More than 4CO buildings were razed and a section of the town, seven .streets long by four wide, is a mass of rums. LOSSES AT SEA SEVERAL WRECKS SIGHTED (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NORFOLK :Vitginii), Sept. 2d. Vessels at sea. report the sighting if wrecks of vessels, the victims of the Florida hurricane. '1 hey include a dereliet wooden vessel and a naval target raft. The steamer Lake Charles, with a crew of 36, has not been heard of since she left. Miami on Friday for Norfolk.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17147, 24 September 1926, Page 7
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170HURRICANE'S HAVOC Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17147, 24 September 1926, Page 7
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