The Hurricane In the West Indies.
The huxrwane in the West Indies raged fo* <wven hours, and it was the worat -experience sinoe 1881. Sis hundred deaths have been recon^, and 10,000 huts were destroyed at Barbadoes, where 60, 000, people were rendered homeless &t St. Vincent 41,000 people art without shelter or food. The Lord Mayor of London has Opened a relief fund. Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has sent a cable of .-sympathy. The warships at Jamaica and Halifax are engaged conveying stores to the devastated islands. .
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Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1898, Page 3
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92The Hurricane In the West Indies. Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1898, Page 3
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