STORM DISASTERS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1926, Page 3

STORM DISASTERS.

[by telegraph—run cress association.] STORM DAMAGE. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. News from Miami states it is estimated that there are four hundred dcfid, five thousand injured and fifty missing as a result of the hurricane, which devastated an area of sixty miles along the east coast. News from New Orleans states that tho tropical storm severed communication between Mobile and the outside world oil Monday. Meagre reports indicated there is no loss of life at Mobile, where extensive preparations were mado for the storm as a result of the forecast by tho weather bureau. Jfc is believed that tho damage is not serious. Birmingham, Alabama, reports heavy property damage and probable loss of lifo through the storm. The first word received from Pensacola, Florida, since communications were severed yesterday reports the docks and railway buildings 'are in ruins. A message from Grand Turks Island, Oahamas, states four thousand are homeless and immense property damage was caused in Turks and Oticua Island as a result of the hurricane. THE DAMAGE. NFAV YORK, Sept. 21. News from Mobile states a survey to-day after the nineteen hour battle with the hurricane, reveals property damage estimated at several bundled thousands chiefly unroofed structures and water damage. _