HURRICANE IN JAMAICA.
(TOWN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. Ifr Telegraph—Prcsa Association—Copyright ".. '.'••■■ '■■. Vancouver, November 20. From Kingston, Jamaica, it is reported that.forty lives were lost during a hurricane, in the town of Savanna-la-Mar. A vessel arriving from Port Antonio reports that the town is practically destroyed.';■■; 'V'!: : : '";.-\ :'■:■; ;.'.,.' /;./ •. . The Governor of Kingston has despatched a. special'train to the stricken district. •A detachment of artillerymen is affording.aid. . A hundred houses- have been levelled. , - DISASTROUS TIDAL WAVE. ;' '"'■;" (Rec. November 21, 10.50 p.m.) Kingston,, November 21. ••'-' The tidal wave wiped out the township 'of Lucea and swept a quarter of a mile inland, wrecking houses and roads. !The telegraphs are still interrupted. ,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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105HURRICANE IN JAMAICA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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