A GREAT STORM.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1921, Page 3

A GREAT STORM.

STATE OF TEXAS DEVASTATED. HUNDREDS OF DEATHS reported. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION NIHV YORE. September 10. A telegram from San Antonio in Texas states there lias I wen " r l.arst there. It eaiised considerable damage to property. Manx- reports reee.ved mdua e that as many as 500 were killed, although these are considered highly exaggu-

at Thc telephone and telegraph wires w the stricken regions were ilesioyci, and reliable information is therefore unavailable. a wild storm is raging m the bean Sen. It has devastated seven, islands and is sinking slops that >t h. can«'lit in mid-sea. Twenty one bodies have been recovered from the Hooded residential dis nits <if the city which are under 1- f«c. o Avater. . , . The cloud burst was most violent over the southern and central part of the State and in San Antonio. It did the m catest damage to the business residential sections. Ten inches of ram fell in a few hours. Looting began in tlw devastated areas «f San Antonio. The Mayor onbsled the aid of the State troops, who «"• patrolling tho area. Hundred's of homeless are rn'ing provided for. . . Various cities „f the State, including the capital, are cut hi frmn communication .with each ' tin i . i suiting in an inability to aid the < tr*'S-cd there. \ hi roe part of llm S,late's cotton crops is" believed to have „ ruined. \ Inter message stales that ■!- bodies have been recovered.

FURTHER PARTICULARS. SAN ANTONIO. Sept. K*. The cloudburst was part of 'be national thunderstorm disturbances from the Canadian north-west to the (-nil „f Mexico, marked by tornadoes. Smith Dakota and Nebraska had hravv ramfalls. which ■•eeiirred over the cnt.ro Missif-ippi Valley. - Rain in the northwestern states is turning t<> “ mm • Montana reporting a freezing temperature.