The Dominican Hurricane
The hurricane which visited the Dominican Republic last week and laid low a large part of the Capital, Santo Domingo, was one of the most terrible of recent years, though since 1924 there has been a succession of excep- tionally violent winds. The first estimates of the deaths in Santo Domingo were far below the truth. It is now believed that the dead may be more than 5,000, and that as many more are injured. As the New York corres- pondent of the Times says, " A quarter of the population of Santo Domingo were made casualties by the storm of three hours." The Americans, who are proficient and enthusiastic in Red Cross work, have hastened to the rescue, and the British ship Danae ' has been sent to The island. The sailors' rhyme about the hurricane season in the West Indies has been slightly falsified :— " June, too soon. July, stand by. August, must. September, remember.
October, all over."
The hurricanes from 1924 onwards have all occurred in September, though early in the month.
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