TORNADO AT THE ISLANDS

Nelson Evening Mail, 14 March 1906, Page 2

TORNADO AT THE ISLANDS

DESTRUCTIVE 'TJDAIj WAVE, HEAVV DAMAGE AND IiOSS OF LIFE, (United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 14. imp Taviun;- this morning bpounihi particulars of a tornado and tidal wave at tho Society and Paumotu islands. Th{> first indications at Taihi were a falling barometer nn tl-, tt Gt-h iiisf., fol|o ff et| \# mi inurcasfng! BfiS, Hy tho ovoning of -the '7th the Seu was breaking OVer t j, e f o resh o i'Lroad and Jby midnight the houses Had to be evacuated . amiid jrreat confusion and the screaming of women. fa ■ The residents, with the plucky assistance q£ native*, niade for higher ground. About seven o'clock reached their maximum heig'ht Houses that withstood tho earlier nfh','- l S Wel ? "' aShed OVt;r ontitvlv. 01 broken piecemeal. lowed f" bsitJin ?, of '.He HP* was (olloueil by ft auujliiii tornadb at 8 park like a firing party. It lasted' but a few minutes, with a return tor^do™^. 111 1100 "- When «. T i"li, On V' wtoi . te cai »aUy reported the caretaker of a small island. tt The island ft t PapeetV- Itself ' su fn^ ,i "V hO . uxtcnt of £120,000 an.l the loss in the whole island "11-ounts to £1.8o;000 Three schooners are Believed to UOCn ** « S ?? "§ 7eU? 6^f b i' iho warship Arc^inolK • T"' OtU ' irl the Lo^ suffered i, W tbat tho lnttw suirered much more severely. The and h «- SCh .°° n - r Taaete was wrecked, .MnHy-flvo persons were drown xl ai Anaa Inlxml. whare the oncn beautiful district of Ti.-ji'a,^ i^f W^^ reduce t « a C.o'S! At Motutowga, whore mx death Q at-e reported, two native d-hfr» are *« p to h.avo saved iht-ir ljves bv s^mimnc uvrfvc hours in alagbo. and diving- under big wtaves It will be .soineeimo hefaro Uia full extpnr g/ tho damage, at th'? Paumotus in known.