Fijian News.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 March 1889, Page 2

Fijian News.

From the Fiji Times we abridge lU»> i following:— :£ About two n.m. orifFebrnary 7, T.tvuka wae stirred from its slumbers li\the bell of tho Catholic Chapel and <>t the fire brigade station ringing -an ularm. The fire was discovered to s>e at the Wallah)' Store, owned hp Mr. IX. J. Solomon, where no one slept on the premises. It soon .spread southward, and E. J. Faulkner's stors, house and pardon were speedily destroyed. Mr. Marmont. in charge during tho j proprietor's absence in the colonics, was with difficulty aroused. The fl imes then spread northward across the pathway leading to Totoga polio* station, and consuming the residence of Mrs. Hawkesley. who succeeded in saving a portion of effects, though they were murih damaged. This hdy \ was, unfortunately, uninsured. Mr. | Solomon's property was, it is stutcd, i insured for £3su £IOO on the buildi ing and 4*250 on the goods in storo. Mr. Faulkner had effected insurances to the amount of £SOO. Thefire engino was got into working order aftersomi' time and wns useful in preventisw U' frame of Messrs. Miller and Headdy's new store from catching. Providentially there was no wind, nor did any personal casualty occur. By about half-past throe all was overConcerning the. outbreak in Sura but meagre details are yet to hand. The fire occurred in the business part of the town, and as the means of extinguishing the flames were inefficient, the conflagration was not stopped until the premises of Messrs. Kopcen, Collins, and Swann were destroyed All wero covered by insurance but f»r what amount the risks were has nut transpired., The hurricane which occurred in January last did not do so much damage as was at first expected and was almo*: entirely confined to the islands of Ram'ii and Taviuni, whjre the native plantations suffered .jjterely. On JanuarjriSnd arid 23rd severe floods occurred in thj Jtojw • B»wa district, and the flats were inundated for .a week, many of tfcnattires wero flooded out of tbeir harJMtfcms Tho riverat length subsided; leaving behind it tilt to the depth of ffl q fast. ''■!»• £lantations having BMtf mtit 'water »r so long it is festttd that the yam crops wffl be destroyed, and Iho tare <rofattpnt to sVM not •trong enough to*Ma fruit, and W tm*a~oi their fruit j s»