HURRICANE AT SUVA.
LIVES LOST AND PROPERTY DES-
TROYED.
United Press Ahsooutton
Suva, December 28
Tii viuni and Vanua Levu are believed to have sustained little damage by the severe gale. At Rewa, nine Indians were drowned. At Levuka a light hurricane was experienced, but the town was not damaged. Shipping suffered. Several -cutters and thejsteamer Ripple are ashore at Levuka The auxiliary schooner Confian/.a is ashore at Namena, sftid the Cutter Tuilevuke is a total wreck at Wakaya reef. Her crew was saved?
The Penang sugar estate lost 250; tons of sugar in .punts,, and 300 tpnjs in sheds were damaged.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 308, 29 December 1914, Page 2
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102HURRICANE AT SUVA. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 308, 29 December 1914, Page 2
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