HURRICANE AT FIJI.
DEATHS TOTAL AT LEAST 400. OUHITED PRESS atKCtftlO T®L»(HIAr»—CO»n«QHt.) * - SUVA, February 28. A tertfiblS night Waß spent at Btt on Sis'fy during the httfricane. Thfc floods, i backed tip by a risiilg tide and the wind, washed away ' many hdtisM, and daylight revealed that only two wefe left, Seventy dead Indians wefe recovered at Dtaßft. All Wete buried in one grave. At the sugar cane centre of the Col j ofllftl Stig&r Company, on the notth side of Viti Levuj where there were 150 sdtile, aiily SB have been accounted for. The f total deaths is. at least 200.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 9
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102HURRICANE AT FIJI. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20175, 2 March 1931, Page 9
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