Miami, Sept. 11.
Cables received here state that Belize, the capital of British Hone aras) has ben. devastated Uy a tidal wave, soe lent: barvieane accompanied According to latest reports 400 persons have been killed, including several American priests,' The wind attained a velocity of 150 miles ans hour. It took the roofs off many houses while a large number of native huts were destroyed, many of the occupants being injured. Half the population of Belize, a town of 12,000 inhabitants,: have been rendered homeless while hundreds were injured. The hurricane, wh has also done considerable damage }to Porto Rice and other parts of the West Indies, is now moving towards Haiti, President Hoover has ordered several naval vessels with ae! planes to sail from the Panama Canal zone and Managua in Nicaragua as speedily as possible with medical supplies, nurses and food stuffs, to relieve distress in the devastated' area.—Reuter, Belize, Sept. 12, Aeroplanes of the Pan-American. Airways have arrived front Miami, Fioxida, with relief supplies. Ads ditional' food. and' medical supplies are being rushed aboard the U. Rochester "and. the USS." Sacra: monte, swift cruisers of the Amerl= can Navy's Caribbean squadron, Belize, a city of 12,000, isa shambles." Only the most staunchly built buildings stil stand and they fare severely. damaged, having had their roofs blown of College, operated by Jesuit priests, fu ruins. Eleven American prie students lest their lives.
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