VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
IN THE FIJTS (United Pre»* Aoooiation—By Eloctrls Telegraph—Copyright) SUVA, .‘list July. The steamer Tofua passed Niua-fu Island on Sunday. The European storekeeper reported that earthquakes preceded the eruption on nth July. Lava was flowing from five to eight craters towards the sea, practically wiping out the village of Fatu. Fifteen to twenty other craters were inactive. Lava reached to within two miles of the village of Agata. The eruption was not fierce, the craters simply bubbling over nnd throwing out stone, etc. into the air 15 to 20 feet. There were no casualties, the natives taking to the hills. About two thousand coconut plantations were destroyed. Morris Hcdstrom and Burns Philp lost copra stores, the loss being estimated at £2OOO. The lava flow was from f>o to 100 wards wide.. When the Tofua left active eruptions had ceased, and only steam and smoke Mere issuing from the craters. The inhabitants include a thousand Tongans, two European storekeepers, a French priest, and two sisters of mercy.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 5
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