HONDURAS DISASTER
2,370 FAMILIES IN POVERTY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY October 2. Telegraphing from Belize, the Officer Administrating the Government of British Honduras, says: “Dull despair has settled on. the population, who are appalled by the magnitude of the storm disaster which has befallen them. The arrival of lorries has speeded tip the clearing of the town. Temporary shelters are arising from the ruins,'but over 2370 families are now dependent on the for supplies of food and clothing. The heavy losses in property and material caused by the hurricane, coupled with the depressed state o-f the market, appears likely to have the most serious effects upon the colonies. There have been 622 deaths already registered and a revised estimate of the total deaths is between S'X) and 1000.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1931, Page 5
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128HONDURAS DISASTER Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1931, Page 5
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