FATAL LANDSLIDE.
Three Persons Overwhelmed on Island. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May 25. 2.30 p.m.) SUVA. May 25. The torrential rains on the island of Ovalau cn Monday night were the greatest in living memory. A landslide covered the road for 100 yards to a depth of twelve feet and destroyed a dwelling and buried an Indian farmer and his wife and daughter. Their bodies have not been recovered.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20314, 25 May 1934, Page 7
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71FATAL LANDSLIDE. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20314, 25 May 1934, Page 7
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