HURRICANE HAVOC
At Least 2500 Dead in San Salvador. VANCOUVER, June 11. The hurricane which swept Central America last week, accompanied by floods and landslides, killed at least 2500 persons, and probably many more, belated reports from El Salvador and Honduras revealed to-day. Whole villages were wiped out by landslides from the volcanic mountains of El Salvador, according to reliable reports after a partial survey from the The death roll in the vicinity of San Salvador capital is placed at at least 2000, and a report from the village of Ocotepeque (Honduras) stated that the storm killed 500. The hurricane reached its highest intensity on Thursday, wiping out the ordinary means of communication in El Salvador and damaging the international railroad of South America to an extent requiring three months’ repairs. The heavy rainstorm accompanying the hurricane washed down the sides of the volcanic mountains, causing the lakes and rivers to rise over the banks and imperilling with floods those who managed to flee from the landslides.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20330, 13 June 1934, Page 5
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