NATIVES INJURED.
SCHOONER DRIVEN ASHORE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
SUVA, January IC.
As a result of the severe gale on the night of December 27, the auxiliary sehooner Kadavulevu was thrown up oil to the roeks at Naikorokoro. and was extensively damaged. No lives were lost, but several natives were injured.
i The emrine was kept running throughout the nifrht and two ancliors pin out. luit these were insullicifiit i>. hold the vessel off the reef. The Kada\ ulevu. a Wooden vessel owned l»y the native.-, ot" , the province of Kadavii. was later reJ floated, and was towed hack to Suva lon January 12. t>il drums were used to ensure buoyancy, and the leakinjr veesel was taken to the. Publie Works Department's slip at Walu Bay, where she is undergoing jtepaira.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 6
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