CITY WRECKED

Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1933, Page 5

CITY WRECKED

• ♦ HURRICANE IN MEXICO HEAVY DEATH ROLL. .Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright MEXICO CITY, Tuesday. Reports from the site of the wrecked radio station, where a pan-American aeroplane engine is providing power to work the radio plant, tell of appalling damage in the city of Tampico, which was wrecked by a hurricane travelling at 115 miles an hour on Sunday evening, blowing itself out in an hour. There is no confirmation of a previous report that 5000 people were dead, but the death-roll is very heavy. _ The populace became panic-stricken, and thousands were washed out of their homes. Thousands are missing, and many are under the ruins of the city, three-quarters of which was destroyed. It is believed it is the greatest disaster in recent Mexican history. The Secretary for the Interior, Senor Edouard Vasconcelos, said the number of dead as the result of the hurricane cannot be stated exactly from Tampico itself. The military chief of the district has reported by wireless that three-quarters of the city has been destroyed and many are dead and injured. Tampico is a city of 70,000 inhabitants. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. (Received Wednesday, 9.35 a.m.) MEXICO CITY, Tuesday. Some 5000 persons arc dead or injured, and thousands are homeless, as the result of the hurricane which swept over Tampico late on Sunday and on Monday, causing enormous property damage. The city of Tampico is flooded and virtually isolated. The wind reached a velocity of 125 miles por hour. The civil hospital, railway station and customs house were levelled. Nearly every other structure was destroyed or unroofed.