WHIRLWIND AT SUVA
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
ENGINEER DROWNED
SUVA, .23rd February. A whirlwind from the uorth-east struck Suva at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. Along tho waterfront the Wind blow at the rate of 120 miles per hour. The chief damage was suffered by Terry and Son, boatbuilders. ' A public works man and a boy were slightly injured.
The Helena, a schooner belonging to Terry and Sou, on the slip undergoing repairs as a result o-'. the recent hurricane, was lifted up five feet and landed clear of the klip at an angle of 45 degrees. Small craft were- thrown,so yards. .The estimated damage to tho .Shell Oil stores is £400.
Mr. W. C. Mady, agc^ 45, third engineer of the Makatea, was found drowned in Nabukulou Creek in tho centre of the town to-night." He was a native of Scotland.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1930, Page 9
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138WHIRLWIND AT SUVA Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1930, Page 9
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