A correspondent at Lefijka, I'\- iendiy Islands, describing the. storm in vhicii the Especulador was lost, Bays it was ssOi a hurricane, but a terrific thuiidei sta; ta.. The lightning .was something, and for the first time in th.ek live.3 thci Haabai people 'were treated to a sight of ice—not hail, but leal lumps of i J inches indiameter. At first, the few whohad'coin-age. tt> pick any of it up dropped Jit ; (j'jickly again, declaring that they Were brircs;. .but. ' after a whiie; .the most of them wero engaged suckiog it, the coolest drink, without doubt, they ever had in their lives. The-. wind was ' tremendous at times—in puffs* I'ut unk for long together.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6815, 20 September 1883, Page 5
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