Show THOUSANDS DIE DE IN GREAT TIDAL WAVE VAVE Outlying Islands Island's of Azores Azore Group Said to Be Totally Submerged MEAGRE REPORTS RECEIVED Germany Breaks nral Rare hare News NYu of ff f Doa Ieva ni- ni Do- Do a va ft and mitt lIen Death I Ii of or Port Portuguese n Natives London Lundon April Apri S. S Lloyds Lloyd's S Lloyds Lloyd's at rit midnight midnight mid mid- night t received tn recel a dispatch from Berlin which states that the German government government govern govern- ment has received a rumor that the Azores Islands Have Hn been devastated b by an enormous tidal wave and that sC several thou thousand and J persons have perl perish perish- h- h ed ed The report declares declare that some of ot the thc outlying islands of ot the Azores group have been submerged an and It was there that the loss Ions lo of or life re re- re German cable to the Azores is rep reported to be working all right but hut up tip t tr to th the tho present time It I has hl been n impossible im Im- Im po possible to an any details dr of or the ibm rumored S Cable Cuhl Facilities Limited The news new regarding the tidal wave that Is said to 10 have havo swept over ovet the tho Azores or Western estern Islands is brief r o on 01 account of the limited cable from ruin the thc Islands It I Is not riot i ly that cable connections aro tiro r jUh cities cites oC oC- l importance than i i 1 and Delgada Y p ld 1 most s most I da it t i he m hr I group of Island The islands him 11 InI in 11 it I direct course between New ew York Tork un and the tho Mediterranean B sea U. U a few tew hundred miles duo west of Gibraltar They are aro arC owned h by the Portuguese Faya un und and Fonts Ponta D are uro ur coaling sua sta Ui ton lions and und OH as n the they are ne In direct lino Ino of tho trade vessels bound In In all al four directions through the North Atlantic they are ore visited by of alt all al nations na na- na- na ions und and claN classes os tons A At i Ponta Delgada a town of 40 inhabitants there ther is an immense seawall the sole sale protection oC of o o town from the open sea pea Some of or the tho smaller towns lowns are le less fortunately fortunate protected pro pro- and while all aI of the Islands are aro mountainous tho the settlements are located at nt the time sea seu I level vel vel and at the tIme merc mercy of t a n tidal wave wa |