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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
3
The event at Elizabeth Purnace will begin promptly at 2 30 in the afternoon. A light lunch and refreshments will be served by the company. Members who wish to take lunch and spend the day are invited to attend.
Entertainment includes softball, greased pig race, shoe and sack races, three legged race, baseball throw, egg race, croquet, swimming, tap dancing and a string band. Prizes are plentiful. Information via engine house call or 1513. Committee aims for a pleasant outing for all attendees.
The storm sinks British ships Mausang and Boong Court and Chinese Quezon, with other vessels ashore or wrecked. Hong Kong’s downtown is demolished, 15 bodies found, and many refugees rescued by police and revenue officers using improvised lifelines. Cholera outbreak worsens as 219 die in last week’s 374 cases.
A severe storm drove the Asam Maru aground as rain battered the harbor. Streets flooded waist‑deep with debris blocking passages and damaging waterfront shops. Several ships in harbor sent distress calls while witnesses reported many Chinese workers struggling in the water.
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