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Killer Hurricane BattersThe Yucatan Peninsula109 Dead in Jamaica—Dangerous Storm Heads tor Gulf of MexicoRav* Cosmo AnsaraTorontoRev. Cosmo Ansara . of St. George's Was On VacationIjOWEIX—News of the sudden. death in Toronto; Canada, of Rev. Cosmo Ansara, pastor of St. ■ George’s Syrian Orthodoxchurch, came as a shock toGreater.Lowetl Syrian-American j a town of 100,000 persons, lies atMIAMI, Aug. 20 CINS)~The large and dangerous hurricane that left at least 109 persons dead in its wake on Jamaica battered the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico today with winds of 100 miles-an-hour.The weather bureau at Miamisaid in its latest advisory at .5 a. m. (EST) that the storm-was centered about 90 miles southeast of Merida, Mexico, and that it is moving toward the west-northwest at' about 14 miles an hour. Highest winds, of the hurricane were estimated at about 100-miles-an-hour over a small area near the center. The winds cover a radius of 60 miles and gales extend outward 200 miles north of' the center.To Regain PunchWeather bureau spokesmen said the intensity' of the storm will continue to decrease slightly in crossing the peninsula but it will remain a' dangerous hurricane and probably will regain somewhat in force over the open water.The advisory said rhe hurricane is expected to reach the coast between Merida and Cam-pece early this afternoon.Extreme caution was advised on the -northern Yucatan peninsula, especially in the Merida area and in adjacent waters.. Ancient Mayan ' ruins in the lower Mexican peninsula 'werei hit with full force by the “killer*! hurricane. The Yucatan, one of; rhe earliest Spanish conquests In the new world, Is sparsely populated, The capital city of Merida,-people and the priest's many friends, yesterday.In. his 58th year. Rev. Fr. Ansara, who made his home at 66 Arlington street, was enjoying good health and vacationing in Canada when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage, Friday night at 11 o'clock,.Today his body was being re-' turned to this citv where it willthe north end of the 170-mile-wide peninsula,The weather bureau in Miamipredicts the storm will rip overthe Yucatan in rapid time and reach the Gulf of Mexico by tonightMight Hit Texas The hurricane may then head for upper Mexico but weather experts sav there is a chance the
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Mon, Aug 20, 1951
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