TIDAL WAVE VICTIMS
FOUR THOUSAND KILLED VILLAGES SWT AWAY Recd. 12.10 a.m. London, Dec. 4 Four thousand persons are believed to be killed and 40,000 rendered homeless when several villages were washed away in the tidal wave which struck a 100-milc coastal belt west of Karachi on November 28, according to a party of Congress relief workers who have just returned to Karachi from the scene. The Congress relief party’s report on the tidal wave stated that two villages were completely wiped out and seven others suffered heavy casualties. One vanished with a hill whereon it was standing. The coast is now strewn with wreckage, with corpses being washed up daily. It was dark when the tidal wave struck, which added to the horror and confusion. Thousands of pebbles shot .nto the air like volleys of bullets. Villagers snatched at tree-tops as they were tossed about in the mighty rush of water. Some who took refuge in boats and rafts were swept far out to sea. Many were killed while asleep. Eye-witnesses said the first sign was when the skv in the direction of the sea changed to a reddish colour about 3 a.m., after which a column of fire shot ud from the water. There was a deafening crash and before the alarm could be given a gigantic wave rushed toward the coast
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 287, 5 December 1945, Page 5
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224TIDAL WAVE VICTIMS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 287, 5 December 1945, Page 5
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