DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE.
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND; th^day:^ The Talune 'briiigsVa report- thatrth^r^ outlying islands of the Cobk Gro&p'.w*er-efr swept by a hurricane m the second!:, week.. .of January. It is believed the; frtilt' -and other crops at Aitutakej. Rakahanga, and Manihiki have, suffered considerably. A hurricana swept Shell Island, and t caused mountainous seas to"swam'p.'Raka.hanga and. Manihiki. -The i|atjves' r we T jj:e ( compelled; toj. take to boat's until ' "tbs ' storm subsided.. Considerable;;, a'am#^'| was done. The crops m. the \islatjd*S.7* will be very low. They were ' ly submerged. Aitutake .island ''yrs&s}s ( . the? track of the storm, but' : s^tainecF less damage. Tne' storm arose sup-/ denly. ' After passing* over Shell-.'group,* 1 . it' spent itself on. Cook Islands. .''.' Anf; unknown, schooner, known" to, be in^ thje^ , vicinity of the hurricane, bks riot^incei been, reported, and it is feared thattali^., went down. '•< /;''T " *
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 2
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141DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 2
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