B. 7 pSk^ons Ml led and property ^valued
•t' $1,000,000 ruined by a' windstorm at
•vv^Clf^velaBdi-''
W. Over 200 persons kiPed and millions in
destijoyed by, tornadoes isrhich
south. Inctu^Ung Tennessee,
1
swept the ,«
Alat&ma
-Mwy Wyes lost Ip' j^ripne. whieh
••we|»t over North Dakota fcpd western
Minnesota! 22 penoiis kllled ahd 4» in
luted in lQklahoitta bor itorhadoes.
M. Over 30 persons killed and upward: of
109 Injured in a windstorm at Zephyr,
Tex.
juinc.
10. 11 persons killed and scores injured in
a series of tornadoes which swept over
Texas.
1L 100 deaths in an- earthquake which
ruinedi the towns of St.. Cannat and
RogneS, France.
JULT.
Severe earthquake shocks at Reggio
and Messina, scene of the devastation
in December, 1908.
®. 300 persons killed by an earthquake in
southern Greece.
18. 16 persons killed and. IS injured by a
sudden storm in New York.
KL 21 persons^kllled in a hurricane which
swept over the gulf of Mexico and
struck Galveston and the neighboring
coast.
M. Destructive earthquake shocks at
Aca-
pulco and Cliilpancingo, Mexico.
11. Mexico City shaken by eisirthquake.
AUGUST.
28. Floods at Monterey, Mexico\
caused
a
loss of over 10.000 lives and destroyed
property valued at $30,000*000.
...
Y'
SEPTEMBER:
19. Beginning of' 4 West India: hurricane
which created wide havoc on the
northern gulf coast heavy loss Of life
and great damage to property.
'. OCTOBEal
I
t. A West India hurricane devastated the
west coast 'of Cuba, neatly wrecked
Key West and sWept- up the Florida'
and Carolina coasts:
a.
Earthquake at Catania, Sicily Vesu
yius again active, ......
NOVEMBER.
i. Beginning of a rainstorm in the island
of Jamaica, whVh caused many deaths,
and- the destruction by. landslides,
wrecks of shipping and inundation of
property estimated at $7,000,000.
