SWEPT BY HURRICANE.
A New July>2lst is as follbw*l^-'- -;' fv r 'r ■>■ i, , Galveston, .Texas, lias *&<& flooded by heavy seas-.UhicL,havefeenjbeatiiig -up from the gulf tor the -ltt«y and wliich. Jiiivo Jl&itt laslifeu into a fury by a. *»'litd ;b'£ liurricaue , force. Thanks ib tlit.bity'S, jwvat Isca-fe all, the disaster of s)po,in^vhiellij, 70UO liyes were! lost the ictix dSsjtrbyiedj has not been V, ;; daniv age, liowevcri lias beerif dgne>t and t present, owing to thbdcsitrilctibn Ot the railway* bridge^ ,oe cityls jjsblated and the inhabitants «ut ott.from coiuinuiiicatiou uiaudtind. >■.,*-; ;i ' Several housea near the shore, and two famous bath paviUbiis havo, been swept; city : entirely- intindtttedf ! hundreds 4of houses being Ibjiited. ;Tlio : Uridtfc,which is the city'* billy. link with the mainland;, was destrbyecFbys* schooner, which «a» dashed sea against the clean through it. Tlife telegraph <|drcs; to the city brief inforrttatlbil lias come-tlirough regarding the?eatent. bf-the loisaiier,,:,. Waters frSih ilie gulf tffert jhiirled fifteen; itself is
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13998, 6 September 1909, Page 3
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155SWEPT BY HURRICANE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13998, 6 September 1909, Page 3
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