HURRICANE AND FLOODS.
: ,♦ HEAVY LOSSES AT FIJI. .. REPORTED TO ' NUMBER 240. #EES9 BT EUEGMUO , (Received February 26th } 11.45 p.m.) , SUVA, February 25." : Th 6 vrorat huriieand and floods ever etpMienced in Fiji struck the Ba-Lau-jli&tHcts during the week-end. The ereijr of the Government'ship arrived at seven o'clock from Lautoka and "reported that 80 were killed at Ba, 1 60 at Lautoka, and 300 at Sigatoka. The hurricane was within a narrow radius and was not felt outside these districts. , , It wafc stated that the Ba-Lautoka train was blown oft the 1 rails, with many casualties, A six hundred gallon tank of w&ter was blown for sixty feet. Government 'officials state that although little information -is available, thejp are awate that there has been a .serious hurricane and taany lives have been lbsf< / - Coming on top of the serious floods | in the Jiewa district, peat" Suva, this ] means an eaermcta losb to the colony. It is yet impossible to Verify the num* her of deaths. The Nadi lighthbuee is reported to have been destroyed, " cr.'.ur■ l "i'r l - ,| Cii |
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 11
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178HURRICANE AND FLOODS. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 11
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