DISASTROUS CYCLONE
'■:'. Presi Associutioii—By: TdeKtatih-r.Cppyri'ght. '■ l-o*sßs; 'March. 27. ■ } 'i-,: ■;(Receirei'Jlarcli-. 2S;"at-9.6- iv.m,). ;1 , -.- ; A ; cycloiie!-.devastated: -the..'.Haiid of '.. ./?c> ! ; j: .Thpusaridi,:.are' and lUieitef.'..; ■■"-■■■ ''']'■"■ : .\" ■?■ The■.crops an'd%idges■:wero...destrpyed.■ ;-, It are- re- : ■ ! quire,d:.:to':relieve-the.;;imiiiediate distress. .Tweiity-foiuf'residents': jyere^kiljed , , ■v'-'BeiinionV^.'."^/-'/^'/^^!*!! , .'inyttay Indian Occan;-'is:-^;Fi ; cnclireolbny/>ith. aji. areiv. of • 970 ■ ; £quaro,-inilp3, : :- :; a.ml. ;.a"- ! populati<3n. of i : 170,000 Indians,' Climcs^'n^roes^amViiiiMjl- 1 raeie;-:'- Tlib. islaiHp'is : .bfv.voichnie. : oiigiiiy,.-iK«I ;, flie ■■ capital, ; /K- .Saint ■'■Denis.-' , ' Tlie- priiibijia.! 'experts nriv'siisar, coffee;;'ployes,:.dyo-wpmUi' ; r and '-saltpetre;.' imports—wltimt,.-oil,, ; ;wiiw',-;; cattlo,.timber; salt, glass; - and manufactur«t.--goods. The island was discovered in, 15'15, by tho Portuguese, who , , called : : tlio -group'. itascarenlja.v ■ . ' ■■■: ■■' =■■' ■■'ci fit
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12934, 29 March 1904, Page 5
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91DISASTROUS CYCLONE Otago Daily Times, Issue 12934, 29 March 1904, Page 5
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