GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1925, Page 2

GERMAN ITEMS

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] SWEPT BY TYPHOON. BERLIN, August 11. East Netherlaiuki was swept by a terrible thunderstorm, causing loss of life and much damage to property. The details are meagre, as telegrap.i and telephonic communication is interrupted. Four were killed and hundred injured in the village of llor-eiile-s, where the typhoon lasted several minutes. The towers of both churches are down. Not a single house escaped. The village of Ncedo was also destroyed. .Serious damage is reported front Didan, Doticliem, Ofdendaal, llengelo and till eastern Netherlands. During the hurricane an aeroplane crashed into the Catholic asylum at Borenlo killing three people. Boreuh) with five thousand inhabitants, two thousand of whom are now le.-s was apparently the centre. burgomaster has asked for troops foodstuffs. Governor Gohlerlaitd anived at Borculo a loot, as all the roads were impassable to vehicles on account of fallen trees. The damage is estimator at over four million ilorins. IMG STORAI IN GERAIANY. BERLIN, August 12. After an unprecedentedly prolonged! spell of heat, the heal reaching ninetylive degress in the shade, to-day the weather found a climax in a throughout a large area of North Germany, accompanied by a whirlwind, and by hailstones as large as hen eggs. Tropical rain fell. Several were killed and injured. Many buildings were destroyed in Uetersen, Bremen, Lubeck and Hamburg. DEATHS FROAI TYPHOON. LONDON, August 11. The “Daily Express’s” Amsterdam correspondent states that the uttmbei of deaths from the typhoon is still unknown, but at least three hundred wore injured. v- - Thousands of people are homeless. 'J'lie storm, devastated at least ten thousand villages, apart from Borculo. Sixty new houses at T.angeboon wore blown away in five minutes. The eh it roll there is a heap oi ruins. The towers of two Churches at Boreulo were blown clown. Yet five minutes after the storm, ttie weather was calm.