AN ISLAND HURRICANE
MUCK DAMAGE DONE.
MANY’FATALITIES RE- ■ Y-. .:> PORTED.
. OABLK ABBOGJATIGIT.]
■Received this day a! 9.0 a.in. Details'luive been received ot llu* liuridca’ne „in New Caledonia td,. February 14th. ,It is described iis' one. of, the heaviest experienced: Tbeihigammmc . miu’.ng A settlement was totally—wrecked* . and many injured. • Six tien-in a motor boat attempted; tp'-save lighters in the . bnrbotuv and were blown ter sea and .three ;drowned. The Anaco towusidn sutlered heavily. Two were''killed, and eighteen injured. Fifteen-lighters, a hulk, and two tugs?were sunk.V . Th;e ; -stumers La France .and Bellambi were blown ashore:/
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1917, Page 2
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