An Island Gone.
In the Gazette appear notifications respecting the disappearance of Falcon Island (Tonga.) Falcon Island was formed by submarine volcanic eruption in 1885. It lies in the south-west part of the Tongan group, nearly in a line between Tofoa and Kao, thirty five miles to the north of Falcon Island, and Huga Tonga and Huga Haapai, fifteen miles to the south of it. The following is an extract from the log of the schooner Ysabel : — " April 19th, 1894 : All night, stong wind, with rain. 4 a.m., freshened W., a gale ; reefed down ; ship close-hauled on port tack, heading E.N.E. 11 a.m., sighted Falcon Island, bearing E.N.E. , five miles distant, seen from mast-head. Noon, tacked, island two miles distant, Hngga Tonga bearing S.E. half S. Falcon Island is now washed away, the bottom remaining, and has the appearance of a low streak of black rock, and would not be seen at night except the sea was breaking."
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Manawatu Herald, 21 August 1894, Page 3
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158An Island Gone. Manawatu Herald, 21 August 1894, Page 3
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