VOLCANIC PHENOMEN IN FIJI.
The "Fiji Tiraeo," of (he 25th alto., pays :— We are Informed by Mr Vaughan, the GoverriniPTit Meteorologist-, that between 6 and 8 o'clock o?i Thursday nighl a light shower of volcmio a?Jien fell over Suva. The namo phouomen waß observed at sen ov a vessel returning from KandaViu. The duration of the ahower w<js about two hours, and the char.-.ctor of the deposit was light and aomi-tranaparent. Some of the ashuß h we beau hauded to the chief offioer for examination. The wind current wss easterly, and It will. b3 Interesting to watch for some oooourrenoe of physical phenomena In neighboring lalauda. It 1b believed that the ehower moat \i*\e orlglnattd at Borne considerable distance from Sava, ac, aocording to Mr VaughaD, the particles mast have fallen from a great height; a proof that they must have taktn Borne time to asoend from their seat of origin.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1794, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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151VOLCANIC PHENOMEN IN FIJI. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1794, 20 March 1888, Page 3
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