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Show VILLAGE CARRIED AWAY BY HIGH TIDAL Wave Preceded by a Torrential Downpour Down-pour of Rain, Which Warned People, and Loss of Life Was Small. Naples. A severo storm has caused serious damage on tho Cnlabrlan coast. At Mnrlna, a small village, a tidal wavo swept in nnd practically cnrrled tho village away. Tho loss of llfo was slight. Tho wavo was preceded preced-ed by a torrential downpour of rnln and a florco wind. This warned tho people ot their peril, and they moved back from the shore In tlmo to cscapo tho wave. Soveral hundred feet of tho shoro lino wns Inundated. Soveral houses collapsed entirely, nnd the rush of water wa-ter carried off everything portnblo. Many of tho buildings wero undor-mined. undor-mined. The people nro still in n condition con-dition of terror and panic. Ono woman wom-an is reported dead and four persons nro unnccounted for. Tho school houso hns been transformed Into n hoBpltnl nnd shelters u scoro ot wounded persons. Tho pcoplo havo sought refuge in tho surrounding hills. Iteports from Taranto say there Is great apprehension concerning tho fata of eight fishing boats that havo not been seen since tho storm. |