Collapse of Market Place During Storm Kills Many -- Seventy dead were taken from the market place at Les Cayes, Haiti. They were crushed to death when the iron beam roof structure collapsed during the time hurricane Cleo's 100-mile winds struck the island. The storm destroyed or damaged nearly every building in this city.
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Collapse of Market Place During Storm Kills Many -- Seventy dead were taken from the market place at Les Cayes, Haiti. They were crushed to death when the iron beam roof structure collapsed during the time hurricane Cleo's 100-mile winds struck the island. The storm destroyed or damaged nearly every building in this city.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1964]

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[Information from item housing] Weather: Hurricane: Cleo, Aug. 1964: Wirephotos

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