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Show HUNUHtUS KILLtU BY CYCLONE llth lira line tit or it, VMla airily, tba hiurm lllii tllwU by a l -rlnu. A Syarnse, .Sicily, diapatoh aayt: The Inland of Sirtly baa been devanlated by a terrible alorin In which awful loaa of life and eiiormoua damage to property occurred. 1 he Urm waa followed by a cyclone. tor twenty-four honra before the ey- clone buret over the laland a violeut 1 torro raged on the eaatern coaat of , Midly. 1 he path of the cyclone waa V2i miles long and everything In the line of the etorui waa deatroyed. The aea twapt Inland foraeeeral kilometre, doing anoriooua damage, whtla there were violent euhmerlne agitationa be tweea Hiclly and the mainland. Along the railroad from Catania to Palermo the force of the cyclone waa auch that raila were torn up and hurled to a great diatance. It la reported from Modlca, thirty, two milea aotithwtat of (Syracuse, that a hundred bodice have already been found, but tbat the number of dead bodlea awept away by the torrent la unknown. The oewapeper Kravtitaa eapreaaea the belief that aouie 40 people peo-ple have Wen kilted. Tha torrent destroyed everything on tha ground lloora lo houaea la tha lower low-er portion of Modica. Ilridgea and road a have disappeared, the damage aiuo.'ntiug to many million lire. (.A lire la worth about 20 ceuta.) 1 Tha aurvivora of tha cataatrophe have taken refuge In the hill. A relief re-lief committee and aearch parllea have been organised at Modlca. Tba diaaa-ter diaaa-ter la upoaed to have beta due to a marina walerapouL Tha Itrltlab ateamer Caprera waa wrecked at t'aatauia after, a terrible atruggle with the wavea. Twoatreama, tha Ht. t rends and St. Marta,' which dearend through the town, rone euddenly and brought with them inarmee of mud and heavy atones and Invaded the alreeta uf Mod ice. They carried every thing In their courae. Many, boui.es waa ultcrly wrecked and other wera aerioualy damaged. Numerous animal a perlahed. The nuiuhvrof vlctlina iaatill uuknown bill eighty corpwea have been lp tailed In a single church. At Sole)! twelve peraone were killed. Tagearo waa tie-atroyed. tie-atroyed. Knonnoua damage was done at l'alla'.o, Acruide, raila aud l.cr atana. |