'QUAKES AND TORNADO.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15998, 29 May 1924, Page 7

'QUAKES AND TORNADO.

PORT AU PRINCE ROCKED

A TEN-SEGQND SHAKE.

THREE DEATHS: MUCH DAMAGE

Australian and S.Z. Cable Assn.) NEW YORK, May 27.

A message from Port au Prince, Haiti, West, indies states that an earthquake shock wrecked buildings at Porte de Paix, on the north coast nf the island. Three persons were killed and several were injur'"''!, A church steeple was demolished, and the gendarmerie barracks were, badly dam aped.

The shock lasted for 10 seconds. It was distinctly felt at the capital, from which aeroplanes were sent to the affected city.

MISSISSIPPI SWEPT. THIRTY DEATHS: MANY INJURED. ALL HOSPITALS FILLED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable. Assn.) NEW YORK, May 27. A message from Jackson, Mississippi, states that a tornado swept 'many sections of the Slate simultaneously during the night. Thirty-one deaths arc reported from Alabama and Mississippi, the centre of the storm area. In addition hundreds have been injured. Great damage was done, to property, nad many crops were destroyed.

Communication with the stricken areas is impossible because the wires are down and the rails have been torn up. Several of the small railway stations were totally wrecked.

All the local hospitals are reported to be. full, and the death roll is increasing hourly. The Red Cross is rushing to the relief of the villages, many of which have been completely devastated.

Extreme suffering among the inhabitants is reported. They were unable to find shelter during the night, nor could they escape from the path of the storm.

Rain, which attained the proportion of a cloudburst, followed in the wake of the tornado. This increased the, sufferings of the inhabitants and impeded relief work. Many localities were, in addition, swept by cyclonic winds, which completely demolshed the ruins left by the previous storm.