A TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
GREAT DESTRUCTION CAUSED
ISLAND SWEPT BY A TIDAL - WAVE.
Received April 6 5 12.45 a.m. / NOUMEA, April 5. / F The steamer Pacifique has arrived and reports having communicated at sea on April 3rd with the. steamer St. Louis, en route from Vila to Sydney. The latter reported that on March 29th a terrific cyclone passed over the Islands from the south-east, causing great destruction to shipping, plantations and other property. A tidal wave swept Teouma, carrying dwellings and crops away. Government buildings were blown down. >At Vila the schooners Trois, Ami, Galtea and the Government yacht Onioni, were cast ashore. The la?t-named was re-floated. When the St. Louis left no news had arrived from the other Islands.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3156, 6 April 1909, Page 5
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120A TERRIFIC CYCLONE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3156, 6 April 1909, Page 5
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