The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-29


Paumotus was alive with sharks Just
then.
DEVASTATION OF THE PAUMoTU
ISLANDS.
cat the Paumotus, many of the
islands are stripped of all cocoanut and
other trees, and have been washed bare
of sand, the only soil down there, es-
pecially Anaa. or Chain Island, where
about 100 lives were lost out of pop
ulation of 500. Among the dead were
several traders and visitors from Ia
hiti, two of whom were Mrs. Johnston
and her youngest son, dear friends of
mine. Their bodies were found floating
in the lagoon, and were taken up with
many others for burial, from among
monsters of the deep, whales, sharks,
turtles, etc, that had been stranded
and killed as they were washed over
the land by the waves. Many of the
dead have been lost out at sea. The
bodies recovered were placed in exca
vations in the papa, stratum rock, and
covered over with little sand ard
slabs of rock.
at is heart-rending TO see so many
people mourning their dead, or still
hoping to recover the missing ones.
'The schooner Aimee, sailed by Mr..
Narii Salmon, brother to Queen Marau,
with over hundred men, who were
bound to the pearl fisheries, has been
given up ms lost, so that many more
hearts are sad, and the relatives of the
missing men are wearing mourning.
"The wreck Of the four-mnsted
schooner, County of Roxburg (of 1900
tons), which lies on the reef of Taxa
roa, has been sold, and the captain and
his son have come up to return home by
way of Australia. They will leave per
Tavioni today.
THE WARNING AT ANAA.
"There are some interesting stories
told in connection with the cyclone at
Anaa, of which / will give one
son the Goth of last December,
young native man, "a years of age,
named Tuea, belonging to the church
of the Latter Day Saints, proclaimed
to the inhabitants Of the district that
great destruction would shortly come
to Anaa, and that they should take
refuge in the east l. pau ana Anaa,
ma fatata roa te hoe inc rahi rOa,
haere ana e i tie hiti 'a.o-te ora al.
But those who were not Mormons
paid no heed to what he said, while
others did not know what to do or to
think of it.
Then, in the early morning of the
9th of February, young Mormon lad,
aged IA, named Teare, awoke from "A
vivid dream, in which he saw three
white stripes extending from the sky to
a spot close to his home, and as soon
as they reached the ground, there went
high up into the air sand and sea, in
terrible commotion; and he looked
down and saw only rock where the sand
had been disturbed. In great excite.
ment he awoke, hearing a loud voice
cry, A horo ! tie hiti 'a-o-te-ra, G ora
al outou', j. e., Flee to the east that
you may be saved
"The lad told his dream to his
father, who said, This is the second
warning that We have received, and
now let III go to the east. He pro-
claimed the message to all the people
Of their settlement, Tuuhora, and amid
the derision Of many non MOrmOns,
fifty Latter Day Saints, including men,
women and children, prepared them.
selves and went to the eastern side of /,
the island, which is higher than the
rest, and there awaited the calamity,
making platforms for safety in the
trees. 80
"As the day advanced, the sky daisy
sned and in tho afternoon there came
q bowling tempest, aud pelting rain,
which hurt peoples faces, as 1t foil,
M.