HURRICANE AT TONGA.
V ; "A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. ';'"'. Dy Mscrapli-Prcsa ABEOciiitlon-qopyrlisM ■.' : 0.21|'p.m.) .''■.•.• '-'. " '-,• ■'■•'.; Suva,; February ?8. Later reports of tho hurricane at .Tonga indicate that it was of a local character, being confined mainlyJd . Nukualofa. The town was not insured,..->d coco palms hare been, ruined, for. two years, •..■,■ . A dramatic incident occurred at three o'clook>on the •morning-of February 10. During tho height of, the'gale the American lumber schooner.; Borealisy anchored in the'harbour, was.blown onto the wTiarf.-. The captain and crew .jumped, ashore,, and tho schooner drifted on to the reef and burst into flames, exhibiting a panorama of destruction for manpimles. 1
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 7
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100HURRICANE AT TONGA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 7
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