CYCLONE CATASTROPHE
203 INDIANS DROWNED.
[United Press Association.— By Electrie leiegrapn.-yCyipyi'ight.J
CALCUTTA, April 30. ' Only twenty-four j.pf the two-.hun-dred and fifty passengers and crew of the Bengal river, steU!»ef are dennitely it now n to have been saved, and the death roll is unlikely to be less than The steamer, which anchored half a mile from the .banks? turned turtle in five minutes after, ,the cyclone burst, carrying the majority of her passengers and crew with her. _ V , Onlv a few of .the panic stricken company donned lifebelts. Five were saved .by... clinging to a floating
gangway. - k*' , ' \ Ei<dit other, men took refuge on khe steamer’s hull, eighteen inches of which remained above water., '• • The cyclone lasted-for four' and.a-half hours, causing widespread destruction. Many villages were, wrecked, andhundreds of people were rendered homeless. fC' I .'
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 4
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135CYCLONE CATASTROPHE Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1930, Page 4
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