New Britain herald., 1929-11-22
DEATH LISTS NOW
 40 IN TIDAL WAVE;
 SCENE WILD CHAOS
(ConttnuyI Prom First Ia2)

- trips. fled from their homes. rushed . through the streets 10 con4rogot, .~ prayerfully in tho churches. Cl"r-y- ~ men racitjcd theu somoHh hat anl ~ induced them 10 return 10 their .~ homes
 It Was shortly aG,r o'eoo& ' when the tidal wave strucI, Hurin. The first warning CT 'b" disaster ~ was a roar Of breaking soas mOuu- :. ing the cliffs which guard tho ci'v .. at the little inlet Aaai0 tho frj@''- :. cncd villagers ran from their homes. = In the darkness they saw foau 70 capped wall Of water advancing ou them like a moving mountain, Wh.J"
 foamy war,s dashed across th. .. hcadlands breaking over the adjA- r~ cent shore.
 spray PrcccI, Wave {, Tthe wall Of water va# procad" a hy q scattering ~praH w.n1 srr,.j '" nearly loo wards ahead Many We're % paralyzcd hy fear and could moi -. move with the others in 'n" ,Nod"s 70 from the lower sections Of tue town :. to the higher points.
 E-p- ---c lost in the pautc
 and -na Tro trapped in tAJr ~ hoa.as .- 'Gc water crushed 'h.
 n T 0. .welliugs and carried
 Ht-- tho S@a.
 atc mother. alone "fH
 -.-.. ... an to tho street uuI .s when she saw the advancing wall of s' water rushed buck 10 rrsru" her ' children, Her dwelling Was rapid :, ly filling with water bat she wadrd r~ through the door only 10 hc swept F ont 10 sea in the Wr"CEag" of th"
 building. Many bodies were fomlI -----bcncath the debris left by the re-
 Ceding waves.
 n' So fast did tho wave sweep over rs .he shore that many of those fc"- ~ ing for safety were ovcrtakou ann ~ carried out to sea. Men rjsked their = lives to rescue women and children ss clinging to wrcchaEe, DarGncss ~ prevented the roscu" of many who 7 might have been saved Electric .. transmission had been broken with % Inc first advance Of the wave. Screams Ring in Darkness
 The screams Of women and chjI- ,, dren and the voices of half-crazoI -' men N'lIluE lHIOIE II lll' Nii NIi'.NN ~ mingled with the noise Of th" crash - ing buildings in a terrifying chaos Many mothers lost their ly"s when, after reaching safety them ~ selves. they ran back into the dark =. ness in answer to a scream for help .s from children who had been lost. Small boats and schoOuors, lifted ~ from their anchorage were dashed s, upon the shore, crashing again1t a buildings. Piers and Wharvcs Wer" ~ lifted clear from their foundations ~ and hurled with tremendous force n against the dwellings, on the shorn. The structures were demolished, th" 7. Wrcckage carried back into th" = ocnan.
 ~ The terror Of the dWcllcrs W1+ acccntuatcd by screams that the is- - land was sinking. Prayers and en- :, treaties 10 God mingled with calls .~ for loved ones There were reports % that some had become completely '' bprcrt of reason and were foHn - several hours later wandering help, lcssly inland.
 Gale Adds to Hardship
 With all means Of communication
 
 -- send out word of its plight. Morn - ing brought only q gale which d'-
 featcd the bray" attempts Of soy - crll parties 10 man motor boats to reach adjacent settlements.
 The gale continued and only ju- = tensitied the suffering of the sh"i- -~ tcrloss families and the women anI r~-rhildron who were prostratod by
 shock and exposure.
 The distress was made greater by --Ahe loss Of most of tn" winter sup plies, which were swept away by 70 the tidal wave. Stocks Of many Of -- inc Bnrn stores were wiped out. -. rrafts torn from their moormes -' driCtod along tn" shora for a full
 day after thr dl-as',l- Efforts 10 , salvage them vnr. defeated by tn. .. gale and most of thrm ultimately ~' were wrecked against thr rorNz. TL.
 vrocEago Of -rhoourrs and small .- fishing boats was piled u,-h Urh -' ll" debris Of dN"Ilu@s along fla. slorr.
 Government coastal ro,nnr. ~ seourea along tlo roa-t l.tr s.strr- day and n several instances Coul ~ v.rccEaGa O. d~.'lng+ tar ou' rro.. ., ''n, shore. r1rrru tuapcHtou. uo~- s- o}cr. found no nodt-s rua dwell. Q, nz was tovcd all the way ro ahor. ~ utth ropes but lnc riou's bodies .- w.rn mjs-iu-.
 Town Completely Under Water
 Nt the small town of rnr-A A..-
 Brmv scvoo liv,a ~or" lost. IT.. .. town was comp,taIN inu3.tDI h. -a he tidal aag. Many HNlI.ra ~ ,sero rescued a...c thrv had N.. u
 rdrlG on their lW,lIu=4 for uoa.G , their cries attracting inc r.sra.. .- niouG tUr shore. Eleven d#1Ima 7. i fishing scuooucrs. mur, .hu a - hundred dor"s and sh1Ts aod ...s" - small structure from th- -uHl.-r landing stag" 10 merchants stores
 were swept into tho .e"a au4 dashed .. 10 blts on the shorn. Every #rt I- s. ylo Of food Was lost as v.U ns roll a and winter supplies E"s..nt4 #.rr destitute for food. cIo.hH- aad .4 fuel.
 g, Four were drowned a' InrGe . r Cove. the victim uou- ParrE Ea.- '. urv and his thro" children. ~, e, property along tnr saor. vaa d.. r' moljshed and progJ ions and co .i " lo-'.
 .. At LamaInr and fine adDun" e- settlements of Point hu<-GauL ra71 ~ lords Cove. I5 persons pewzhrl
 Four members Of tho Hipdifch fam ,s lr were drowned In tho.r home rs lwo members Of in" Hntars an Walsh families wcr" swept ouc tr
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