HONDURAS DISASTER
VAST AREA RUINED, (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 10. A further telegram received b.v the Colonial Office from British Honduras stated that progress is maintained in removing the debris caused by the recent hurricane, but a plague of flies and mosquitoes is causing anxiety to the medical authorities. Temporary repairs have been effected on the most ■important public buildings. The total number of deaths registered is 693. The aspect of Belize City has been completely changed by the disaster, and the suburbs where the tidal wave wrought the greatest damage are mere desolate swamps. All of the plantations within a 25 mile radius of Belize and 40 miles up the river have been entirely obliterated, and subsequent heavy floods have been adding to the distress of the settlors, who ai? dependent on the Government for sustenance.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19311012.2.38
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1931, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
138HONDURAS DISASTER Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1931, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in