A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1924, Page 3

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

LATEST CABLE NEWS

200 PERSONS DEAD.

f It EUTF.ns Telegrams.] (Received this day at 8 a.in.) NEW YORK, June 28 A telegram from Cleveland says 200 people are dead and 1500 injured through a tornado in Ohio. STORM REPORTS. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 20. Cleveland (Ohio) reports the storm is sweeping the four west Central Stales and is concentrating with unparalleled fury upon Northern Ohio, where already more than three hundred people are reported killed and at least 1500 injured, while the property damage will probably reach millions. The City of Lorain seems to have suffered most nettlely, being reported to be entirely demolished. A similar fate is feared to have befallen the neighbouring city of Sandusky. The storm completely destroyed communications throughout a wide area, making it impossible to learn which municipalities require help. The Red Cro.ss is hampered by a lack of communications and is conscripting the services of motors and trucks from business establishments for an attempt to trtiver.se tlio highways, most of which are washed out by the fierce torrents. The fire apparatus is likewise employed to carry supplies. One lire company succeeded in reaching Lorain whence frantic appeals for assistance were issued. It is reported that several hundred people were injured when the theatre collapsed upon tho helpelss occupants. Meantime high winds capsized boats on the neighbouring lakes and rivers. The police, military ami civilians have been despatched to assist the unfortunate survivors to gain a night’s shelter in tents which were specially transported to the devastated areas. The passing hours bring graver reports which aggravate the apprehension felt throughout the, country. One correspondent states two hundred were killed in the collapse of the Stale theatre in Lorain and forty others killed in other parts of the city. Reports from various other sources place the dead as high as 500 in Lorain alone, while in Sandusky it is believed there tire 25 killed. The entire water front section was either swept away or wrecked. The pumping station was wrecked and the city is unable to ( fight tnc fires which have started. THE LATEST ESTIMATE. NEW YORK, June 29. Northern Ohio is prostrate under . the fury of the tornado. The latest estimates put the dead at four hundred, while two thousand are injured. It is feared that three Great Lakes steamers were caught in the storm. j Reports indicate the storm was , the greatest in the country’s history. j