HOMELESS AND STARVING

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1930, Page 7

HOMELESS AND STARVING

RELIEF RUSHED BY PLANES INLAND ROADS IMPASSABLE FOOD STORES DEMOLISHED Rec. 6 p,.m. Washington, Sept. 6. Late reports from Santo 'Domingo yesterday emphasised the destruction wrought by the hurricane. More than 1200 were killed in Santo Domingo alone and more than 5000 injured. Thirty thousand are homeless and starving. The bodies are being stacked add burned to solve the sanitary problem. Among the buildings left is the 400-year-old cathedral containing the reputed tomb of Christopher Columbus. The interior towns did not stiffer so severely as . the capital. Relief is being dispatched as quickly as possible from all points. Two United States Marine Corps planes from Haiti have arrived with medical sup- !___ plies. No shipping can enter the port because of the swiftness of the current. The capital is still isolated on the land side by floods, fallen trees and wrecked bridges. Electric and water plants were disabled and are not functioning. The American Red Cross has contributed £lO,OOO towards rehabilitation and much more is expected front private sources. " The United States Marine commander in Haiti has asked Santo Domingo to prepare a landing place as "he is planning to establish a regular aeroplane transporta tion service to carry necessary supplies The Dominican Government meanwhile ii organising mobile kitchens to fed tin homeless. Haiti is sending relief by motor-lorries overland, but it is feared irir passable roads might prevent their nr rival. The Cuban Government has sent eight physicians by aeroplane and has ordered the’ cruiser Patria to proceed immedi ately with food and medicines. The storm wiped out great stores of coffee, sugar, cocoa and fruits, which had been prepared for export and have been ruined by wind and rain. ■ The British possessions SCOm. in the main, to have escaped the hurricane, al. though further news from the small Britisl island of Dominick indicates considetabl damage to the houses of peasants and , labourers, for whom assistance is needed. Crops have been extensively damaged and a small sailing vessel is reported to have been lost. There was no shortage of' foodstuffs or other, supplies. ,■ .