IN TRACK OF STORM
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I"' I . !■; > t ■: s REPORT.S, INDICATE INCREASE IN THE DEATH ROLL AT SANTA GRUZ GHASTLY FUNERAL PYRES
-By Telegrapli — Copyright).
Rec. Nov". 13, 7.0 p.m. » • Havanna, Nov. 12. The "hurricane death ' roll "will prphably exceed 1000, and it" is believed it may be 1500 with an unknown numher of injured. Millions o'f dollars worth of property 'were destroyed. It is feaVed that there are' 1000. dead' i'n the Carribean port of Santa Crtiz del Sur, which is completely ] destroyed,* being swept over by a 20 f oot tidal wave. Upsetting scenes were witnessed when women attempted to save children from drowning. • Many bodies were swept inland and have* not been found. Others were swept to sea. Some of the survivors co'mmitted suicide after seeing their wives and' children swept away. ' The authorities are not atte'mpting to retain the bodies for identification, but are burning them in great pyres. Some 40 per cent. of the Cuban sugar crop has been destroyed 'and great stores have also been demolished.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 379, 14 November 1932, Page 5
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173IN TRACK OF STORM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 379, 14 November 1932, Page 5
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