The Archive · 1930

Disasters in America

Los Angeles, Nov. 22, North-eastern gales" from—the mountains rising up from the Pacific Coast to-day swept. down over Southern Califorgia with -devvastation in their wake.

Five persons were killed, houses were demolished and damage was done to business concerns and shipping.

At comte places the wind reached fa velocity as high as 106 miles are hour.

Brush fives started and wer fanned into furnace heat at several wae Ande, icaiag' the cee cee alee Paris, Nov. 23, Deron th sigh tu Seam nowt" tants es Sei communes and arrondissements, All tramway traffic was interrupted. Sea Tel tea ome A ge cee leading to an explosion, The! and did considerable damage to the roofs of some buildings, Another message states that in cee orig ote Tet nett tae ce, Tay taurine ae tat Hong cemwraszees bare have been obliged to evacuate their Feu ersutent comes case, No, 2 the taints tan orton hee banks, many quarters of the town brag temple glor led Tis Nor 8

Huge floods have caused many of naireenis tare Gad many Roi tether cota Termonde, Nov. 23.

A large dyke on the Escaut broke: this morning at about 6 o'clock, for tance of several tens metres. Hundreds of houses in the commune have been flooded, _the water having escaped by various breaches flooding the—plains Villacoublay, Nov. 23, 'A violent tempest created considerable damage last night. Twenty aviation hangars were damaged, roofs were torn off, and one hangar} was completely destroyed. Several] Aeroplanes on the ground were swept up by the wind and damaged. points, Brussels, Nov. 23, San Bern thrown into action to combat a brush fire—United Press.

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