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Show VILLAGE CARRIED AM ' W HIGH TIDAL WAVE; Wave Preceded by a Torrential Down- ' pour of Rain, Whleh Warned People, and Lots of Life Was Small. Naples - -A severe storm haa caused serious damage on the Catahrlan coaat At Marina, a small village, a tidal wave swept In and practically carried Ihe village away. Tho loea ot Ufa was slight The wave waa preceded preced-ed by a torrential downpour or rain and a fierce wind, Thla warned the lieople irf their peril, and they moved back from the shore In time to eeeapo the wave. Several hundred feet of Ihe shoro line was Inundated. Keveral houses cnllapewl entirely, and the rush or water wa-ter carried oil everything iiortablo. Many uf the hulldlnga were nndor-mined. nndor-mined. The people are "till In a condition con-dition of terror and panic One woman wom-an la reported dead and four persona nre unaccounted for. The sohool house haa been transformed Intu n hospital nnd aheltera a score of wounded twreons. The people have sought refuge In Ihe surrounding hills. Reports from Taraiiln say there Is great apprehension concerning thu fata of eight fishing boats that havo not been seen since tho storm. |