TWO CANOES CAPSIZE '
SAMOAN. f.HIEF DROWNED, SUDDEN AND SEVERE STORM, It is not often that drowning eases occur among th© Samoan fishermen, who ar© so clever at handling their- small ©raft against, the ei©m©nts. But tbs suddenness and severity of th© storm that arose on October 3Q were responsible fpr g, serious misadventure accompanied by loss of life at Lafaga,. pn the south epast, .
A party of four in two bonito canoes were out fishing when- a gale with unusual suddenness lashed the sea into a fury and brought down A blinding rain-' storm. The party with all haste \ set back fpr th© passage into th© lagoon, but in the attempt both canoes were swamped apd quickly curried out to §ea by the Strong current. The watching villagers on shore quickly went to the rescue and were able to pick up tin©© survivors of the catastrophe, says the Samoa Herald, but one chief, Lemalu-Filjflli, has not beep found, though a continual search has beep made, The rescued were Chief. Mamea Lauifima and two others named Tauali’i and Tugsgp. ■_ 1
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1930, Page 9
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