THE FIJIAN HURRICANE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 27

THE FIJIAN HURRICANE.

FURTHER PARTICULARS

AUCKLAND, April 21. The island mail brings additional particulars of the damage done by the recent hurricane in Fiji. The mast .serious feature was the loss of eight lives at Rewa. The unfortunates were all natives. Enormous damage was sustained by the banana crop there. Some 7000 acres of cane have been levelled, and the houses are all more or less damaged. It is estimated that the damage done to the cane and banana crops will amount to over £BO,OOO. In various districts where rubber trees have been planted the trees have been destroyed. The Methodist Mission at Rewa sustained damage amounting to about £3OOO. Much damage was done to the crops. At Navua the damage to bananas is put down at £12,000. At Bau and other villages in the neighbourhood some 300 houses were destroyed, and a woman was killed by a house falling on her. In Rewa province 715 houses were blown down, and at Dieketi a woman was killed by a falling house. The losses sustained by the Methodist Mission throughout the group are estimated at about £SOOO.