GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
A TERRIFIC STORM TOWN UNDER WATER MANY LIVES LOST (Reed 9.20 a.m) NEW YORK, August 18 After a terrific storm Galveston,, Texas, was cut off from communica.tion with the outsid e world. It is believed the town is partiallydestroyed, Efforts to ascertain the loss indicate that the whole city is under water There has been heavyloss of life on the Texas Coast. Twelve soldiers were killed in Texas City, and 40 civilians' were found dead. At other coastal points scores of bodies were washed ashore, bridges, railways and telegraphs were destroyed, buildings collapsed and vessels were wrecked.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 270, 19 August 1915, Page 5
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100GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 270, 19 August 1915, Page 5
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