SOUTH SEA STORMS.
EPI ISLAND DEVASTATED,
DAMAGE AT NOEFOLK.
Skirting the coast of Epi, one of the principal islands of the New Hebrides, officers of the steamer Makambo found that the island had been almost completely devastated by a big hurricane.
Captain Brown, of the Makambo, stated on arrival at Sydney, that the storm burst into terrific fury on February 15, and for 24 hours raged with unabated violence, levelling everything in its track. Plantations were completely wiped out by the storm,' and Mr. Roxburgh, a well-known planter, was one of £"0 principal losers. Native villages suffered badly, but as far as could be gathered there was no loss of life. . The island of Mallicollo was also struck by the hurricane, and part of this island also suffered considerable damage. . The Makambo ran into another hurricane on February 27, on her passage to the New Hebrides, ana for 12 hours was hove to in tremendous seas. The storm started in the north-north-east quarter, and worked round to south-west, the barometer falling to 29.12. The hurricane was experienced at Norfolk Island, and the mission hall and many houses were unroofed by the squalls, while giant pine trees were torn from the roots.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 3
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