THIRTY-FOUR DIE

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 9

THIRTY-FOUR DIE

TIDAL WAVE AFTER QUAKE ♦ DISASTER IN NEWFOUNDLAND MANY HOMES SWEPT AWAY COMMUNICATION CUT OFF ► By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. St. Johns, Nov. 21. Thirty-four were drowned on the south coast of Newfoundland when a 15ft tidal wave was swept up by the earthquake on Monday. A wireless report reaching the Justice Department to-day from the steamer Portia, said that nine persons, mostly women and children, were lost when everything along the Burin waterfront, including 16 buildings, was swept away. Four bodies were recovered. Eighteen were drowned at Lord’s Cove and Lamatine in the Burin district. The steamer Daisy is giving assistance to the stricken communities. All communications except radio are cut off from the south coast. Delayed reports received in New York indicate that while 34 are known to be dead many sections have not yet been heard from. The tidal wave moved inland, carrying with it houses and the bodies of human beings and livestock. When it receded hundreds were homeless. The damage is at present estimated at 200,000 dollars. Twelve houses were carried away at Lamatine and Lord’s Cove and of the dead most were women and chillren. At Port Anbras, a few miles west of Lord’s Cove, seven houses were carried away and seven people, six of whom were women and children, lost their lives Boats in a fishing fleet were tossed violently but no marine disasters have yet been reported. Most of the men in the region were out fishing, leaving their families at home. There was an interval of two and a half hours between the earthquake and the tidal wave. Efforts were begun to-day to send relief to the homeless.