THE SUM DISASTER.
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(Received Sept 21, 3 p.m.) COOKTUWN, This day. - The steamship Roma from London, via Batavia, brings later details regarding the Sunda disaster, which fully confirm the previous news that a tidal wave a hundred feet high swept several large vessels fully three miles inland, where they remained high and dry. The crews were all saved. The Roma found the sea around Java covered with pumice stone. All familiar landmarks had disappeared. The loss of life is set down at 76,000, but it is not possible to estimate the amount of damage to property.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1089, 21 September 1883, Page 3
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