STORM-SWEPT.
ROUGH TIME IN WALES.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. IBy Electric Telegrabh—Copyright] 1.0 Ml ELI i'KEsa -ASSOCIATION.] (Received 10.10 a.m.) .London, October 28. Many houses wei'u devastated by storms in South Wales. Hundreds of cottages at Pontypridd were unroofed. Huge trees were uprooted and the fire station was blown into tlie canal. Hie body of a workman was found at Abercynon with the face battered beyond recognition. The man had been blown from the highway into a field.
There were many miraculous, escapes. Fire terrified children, who took shelter under a table at Abercyuon, and a moment later the ceiling crashed down. The children were rescued from under several tons of debris uninjured.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 49, 29 October 1913, Page 5
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112STORM-SWEPT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 49, 29 October 1913, Page 5
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