GREAT HURRICANE.
,THOUSANDS OF HOUSES WRECKED.
Bjj Telegraph—Press Association-* Copyright.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16
!A? hurricane destroyed the sugareanc, cocoa, and coffee crops at Martinique. Thousands of houses were .wrecked. iSomo deaths are reported. London, Aug. 17.
King Edward, in a messago of regret regarding tho hurricane at Jamaica, ex-y-pressed warm sympathy for the victims. The authorities promptly initiated relief. Thousands are threatened with starvation in the next two days. Outside help is urgent. '
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 971, 18 August 1903, Page 3
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