DISASTROUS CYCLONE.
■■' . LONDON, March 4. ' Beiva's failure to secure telegraphic communication last week is explained by the arrival- of a runner from Chinda with news of a disastrous cyclone at Chinde on February 24, followed by. torrential rains severing communications, sinking and filling'"up all river steamers and barges." .' . . '..•.,.. All storage" sheds' were wrecked much cargo lost; and the remainder damaged-'. Every building wAa uu-. roofed./and several collapsed. Shipping communication must, remain at a standstill for some time. MANY LIVES LOST CAPETOWN, March 4. Bira reports' that the town of Chinde on the Portuguese East Coast, has been practically wiped out by a cyclone. •'■ Only Ci.ylit houses' are left standing. Thousands of bags of sugar- were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £250,000, while 35 lives were'lost. ■
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Temuka Leader, Issue 10306, 7 March 1922, Page 3
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