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Show HURRICANE TAKES TOLL OF 50 LIVES St. Thomas, D. W. L, Sept 1 More than fifty lives were lost In a hurricane which struck the British West Indian Island of Dominican Monday night. The wind reached a velocity of more than 70 miles. Rivers in the Island rose to unprecedented unpre-cedented heights and carried away bridges. Some streams changed their courses and swept through field and village carrying away houses with their occupants. Tho number of houses, schools, churches and other buildings wreckod or seriously damaged exceeds 200. |