HURRICANE AT SAMOA
NEW YORK, February 11
A cable message from Honolulu reports that the Manua Islands and American Samoa were swept by a hurricane, and every building was levelled. The loss of life is not known.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 13,
A hurricane, a tidal wave, and an earthquake in American Samoa wiped out the whole of the villages. The shipping was destroyed, the roofs of the houses carried a distance of 10 miles, the soil torn from the coral rocks, and coffins left exposed. The loss of life was small.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3179, 17 February 1915, Page 56
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