TERRIFIC CYCLONE
CABLE NEWS
(United Press Association—By Eke* trie Telegraph—Copyright.)
VILLAGE COMPLETELY DESTROYED
SEVERAL PERSONS ELECTROCUTED.
(Received April 23, 10.30 a.m.)
CHICAGO, April 22. Thirty-five persons were killed by a totrnaao in Illinois. A North-western Indiana village, named Btish, was 'completely destroyed. Miles of telephone wires were bJowni down, and a farmthouise lifted bodily. Tram trolley lines fell in many cities, and several persons were electrocuted. One party took refuge in a deserted (house, but trees fell, crushing the ist/ructure, and all the party, numbering five, were killed.
ANOTHER STATE SWEPT.
SIX RETORTED KILLED. NigM, 10 o'clock.)
NEW YOEOKy April: 23. ■The iomaick)' swept a large area of Southern Georgia.. Six pereons have been report-eel killed, and he.avy damage has been done to property.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10616, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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124TERRIFIC CYCLONE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10616, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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