A COUPLE OF WRECKS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 64, 16 March 1911, Page 7

A COUPLE OF WRECKS.

AN ENORMOUS ,€LOUD BURST. '

tOPBESB ASSOCIATION-] \ SYDNEY, March 15. .„ ©urrng f"tW Vecent severe gales .at ftbe Solomon Islands the Government isteamer ffkflama, was driven ashore and 'totally The crew escaped. The schooner Leveueuwa was also •wrecked at the isHands of Santiana. The creyr'^got safely ashore. The. s^qrins did considerable damage i» the^gpoup. LAUNCESTON, March 15. I A cloud burst on the northern slope .of Mount Victoria, and cut the gorge .a mjfto in length and a chain wide down to feedrock, denuding a dense forest and exposing a reef showing indications <ot good -gold.