TERRIBLE HURRICANE
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JAMAICA DEVASTATED.
NUMEROUS LIVES LOST.
(Received November-21, 1.5 p.m.)
VANCOUVER, November 20
From Kingston, Jamaica, it is reported that forty lives were lost during a, hurricane in the town of Savan-ua-k-Mar, A vessel arriving from Port Antonio reports that the town is practically destroyed. The Governor of Kingston has despatched a special train to the stricken district.
A detachment of artillerymen is affording aid. A hundred houses have been levelled. TIDAL WAVE. WIPES OUT TOWN. (Received Last Night, 10.50 o'clock.) KINGSTON (JAMAICA), Nov. 21. A tidal wave wiped out the town of Lucca, and swept a quarter of a mile inland, wrecking many houses. The roads and telegraphs are still interrupted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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120TERRIBLE HURRICANE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 22 November 1912, Page 5
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