1.   Phone lines cut Telephone lines to much of the coast was cut after Pauline began pummeling the shore late Wednesday.

2.   But telephone communication to much of the coast was cut after Pauline began pummeling the shore late Wednesday.

3.   But telephone communication to much of the coast was cut after Pauline began pummeling the shore Wednesday evening.

4.   Telephone communication to much of the coast was cut after Pauline began pummeling the shore late Wednesday.