Havana, Oct, 17.
A hurricane of unprecedented violence lasting half an hour swept across Cyprus to-day, The severe lightning killed two girls andthe wind blew a boy into the sea where he was drowned. The minarets of two mosques and a church steeple were blown down and the roofs of two schools were torn off, Barges loading a steamer were obliged to throw 400 sacks of carob beans overboard to avoid being swamped, "Huge carob trees were blown down and fir trees bordering the main road were flattened out.
Damage to the extent of thousands of pounds was done—Reuter, of Australia—Reuter.
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