NEW HEBRIDES CYCLONE.
SERIOUS DAMAGE. SYDNEY, April 24. The New Hebrides cyclone did damage to the extent of £16,000. Three natives were drowned at Mele. A native church at Tongoa was swept off its foundations, and twenty other native churches were demolished. The heaviest blow lasted four hours. Twelve inches of rain fell in five hours.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3173, 26 April 1909, Page 5
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56NEW HEBRIDES CYCLONE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3173, 26 April 1909, Page 5
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