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Show : Mexican crmSf- BY GALE-JfEAVY LOSS VERA CRUZ FEELS FORCE OF HURRICANE; NO LOSS OF LIFE; STREETS FLOODED Rainstorm Extends Into Arizona, Causing Caus-ing Rail Lines ar,d Roads Loss; Several Ships Sunk in the Bay Vera Cruz Vera Cruz has beev iwept by a hurricane, the most devastating devas-tating since 1SSS. Several ships were sunk in the baj and the W;ird liner San Juan was partially par-tially wrecked. ' With the great gale came heavy seas, which flooded the piers and drove out those living in that neighborhood, neigh-borhood, in fear of an inundation. The hurricane blew for several hours, but about midday the wind began be-gan to fall and the storm swept overland. over-land. The streets of Vera Cruz are littered lit-tered with fallen trees, but thus far not many causualties are reported. There is no word as yet of damage in the interior. Mexico City News from Vera Cruz received by the cable company Tuesday Tues-day afternoon is that the city is inundated, inun-dated, the water varying from one to five feet; that several small ships were sunk in the harbor by the hurricane and many wooden houses destroyed. So far as is known there was no loss of life. All the light and power services ser-vices have been paralyzed. This news was sent hy way of Tam-pico. Tam-pico. The government telegraph and wireless stations have beer, unable to get anything from Vera Cruz. |