THE FIJI HURRICANE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13053, 22 April 1910, Page 5

THE FIJI HURRICANE.

NUMBER OF LIVES LOST. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 21. The island mail brings additional or ticulars of the damage done by the recent hurricane, in Fiji, the most serious feature being the loss of eight lives at Eewa. The unfortunates were all natives. Enormous damage was sustained by the banam crops, some 7000 acres of cane have been levelled, and houses are all more or less damaged. It is estimated that the damage done to the can© and banana crops wii; amount to over .£BOOO. In various dis tricts, where rubber trees have been plant ed, the trees have been destroyed. The Methodist Mission at Eewa sustained damage amounting to about .£3OOO, and much damage was done to the crops at Navua. The damage to bananas is put down at £12,000. At Ban and other vil'ages in th' 1 neighbourhood some 300 houses were destroyed, and a woman was killed by a house falling on her. In Eewa Provim 795 houses were blown down, andatDreketi a woman was killed by a falling house The losses sustained by the Methodist Mission throughout th© group are cstima* ct! at £SOOO.