Hurricane at the Caroline Islands.
Hawed April 26,12.20 ji.m. Syd.nky, April 2G.
News has been received that the Caroline Islands were swept by a hurricane during January, and more than two thirds of the houses on Jap —one of the principal islands—were levelled to the ground,
The roof of the Government House was blown oil, and the Governor injured by the falling debris. All food and crops have been destroyed, and a famine stares tiie Natives in the face, unless some assistance is renderod by the Spanish Government.
Most of the small trading vessels at the group were wrecked; in some cases with loss of life.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5010, 26 April 1895, Page 2
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106Hurricane at the Caroline Islands. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5010, 26 April 1895, Page 2
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