ISLAND NEWS
A SIiYKIiK JiriUUCJANK. [lhj Tcl'.'ijraph.—l'rcas Associaiion.) AI'C'KI.ANI). Last Ni'klic. Tlio Tot'ua, which arrived i'rmn tho Islands yesterday, brought news of a severe hurricane which swept down oil the Tollman group on l-ebruary IDlli. With scarcely 'lire,, mimiL.-s waniinsr, the liurricaiie, accompanied by torrential rain, hurst upon Nukualofa. , The American schooner I'orear.- l::ui arrived a few days ui-vimis'y from Columbia river with r. of lumber. Til,, captain .md ion men were aboard at the time, and after making an unsuccessful attempt to moor the vessel, they attempted to Likelier out of the harhour. Xo sooner had the rope.-, been loosened than the vessel was liped by tenific seas and swept on vo a reel. Another mountainous sea again kited the vessel and drove i;rr hack against the wharf. ( The impact was suhicienl: to iji tf-i atoms several loot el the icrrooencrete struc'ure and Ihe stern oi the vessel for twelve feet was broken clean away. Just as the vessel was hemg lilted by another big se i the crew sprang on in the wharf, the rchoonrr v.athen driven on to the reef, and Inter took fire and was burned to the water s erb;o. l}y daylight nothing could he se-n of the. schooner, and she siibse(|iicvi!y I broke up.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 February 1913, Page 7
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210ISLAND NEWS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 February 1913, Page 7
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