HURRICANE STRIKES FIJI
1 . u »' 4 ® DAMAGE AT, LABASA 15.£10,000. 1 ' .- . ' <4'4 *''' v ■ r By Telegraph.—Press Association.— i, Suva (Fiji), January 30^ Wireless communication has . been re« stored with Labasa (a small township, onj th'; island of Yanu Levu) and it ris ,reported that that district Buffered severely ' . on Sunday by hurricane and flood. ; , : v The barometer fell to' 28 and tha storm raged furiously -i for V sonte i consider able time. V The damage *is estimated 'i at . about '£10,000. ' . ! v i The Rewa River, which"? drains the east-? j em side of Viti Levn, was in high'flood J ' and crops on either side were submerged..;) v The i damage to j crops •: is estimated at 20 cent.'' , , So far wireless communication has nob ■; been restored between,.Suva and liviuni, 1 ■ ' "'".-i V). 1 ; IT"'"i\ ' > '"■*')j'i ' LOCAL REPORTS. . , £Eeseived January, 30. 10,30 p.m.) * !-■ StrvA, January 30« , ißa reports that the hurricane and flood / on Sunday did . considerable damage*. Ken V details . are given.. , < Navua reports a flood, but little damage ■At Leruka no damage was done., '*■> > : <,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14903, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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177HURRICANE STRIKES FIJI New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14903, 31 January 1912, Page 7
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