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remains except the Jagged coral rocks
void Of their former covering of sand.
on Tuuhora. the largest and most i'm
portaat city where the Roman Catholic
cathedral stood. nothing now remains
by which the place can be recognized by
passing craft.
At Tekahora on the extreme southeast
ern part of the island the most lives were
lost. About noon on February s the sea
began washing over the land, carrying
away all movable articles. The fury OF
the sea continued to increase and refuge
was sought by the people in a large stone
building. Twenty-eight on the inside and
twenty-four outside chung close to the
sheltered side. About 8 o'clock a series
Of large waves broke upon the building.
The building collapsed. burying and kill
ing IS persons in the debris. Several
others were swept away while trying 10
reach the rock house
In all there were ninety-five deaths On
this island at the time Of the storm and
several have died since from injuries re
ceivsd.
Two native seamen after five days cX-
posure, clinging to wreckage without food
and with but little fresh water squeezed
from their clothing during the rain, land
ed through the surf on the reef at Ia
hanea They were in a semi-conscious
ter spending a month on an uninhabited
island, sustaining themselves on cocoanuts
and shell fish, they were rescued by the
schooner Papeete.
A blind woman, who was left alone to
battle with the waves, foated in the wa
ter until the next day, when she reached
shore.
Captain Lawless reports that Papeete IS
practically in the same condition that-it
mex TO the hotel which was damaged has
been thoroughly repaired and is now in
full working operation as before. All the
roadways and bridges that were affected
by the inundation of the sea have been
put into perfect condition Twelve of the
passengers from the Mariposa, who went
out on the last trip of this steamer, were
so delighted with the place. that instead
of returning with the ship they remained
at Tahiti and will spend the next thirty
days in that vicinity. Captain Lawless
also adds that the merchants in the
islands are much displeased over the ex-
aggerated reports that have gone abroad
about the great loss of life and property
in that section.
This great storm swept over an area Of
about 1900 miles. of course at present the
exact loss is not known, but it is greatly
under what the first reports stated.
Among the passengers OF the Mariposa
was Henry Cor, Secretary General of the
colonies, who is on his way 10 Paris. He
is accompanied by his wife and child.
E Z. Potter, prominent in insurance
circles in THIS city, made the round trip on
the Mariposa for his health and comes
back greatly benefited
The bark Antares was loaded and ready
TO sail for Hamburg when the Mariposa
left Tahiti. She carries a full cargo of
copra-
The Auckland mail steamer Taviuna, on
having Tahiti, went ashore on a reef and
was held there three hours. She was un-
damaged and proceeded on her way.
Following is a. list of the cabin passen-
gers:
II. Cor. Mrs H Cor and child. Mrs. Loop,
Miss V. Loop. II. Edwards. r. Dunlop, Mrs.
Dunlop F. Binn W. Mfghell. Professor
Champion, Mrs CHAMPION. Mrs. Hicks, Mrs
Rice, T. Ward. Mrs Ward, Mrs. Johnson. c.
Chandler, +. Dauphin, J. Bradbeer. E E. Por-
ter. Miss +. Dunn, Miss G.. Campanari, Miss
NJ Gaines J. Y. Hagen @. Petithory, Mrs
Petithory and two children, O. Brewerton Miss
francois. Miss Antralcide and J. Mcintosh.
The Mariposa brought the following
merchandise:
446s sacks copra. 81. .22e cocoanuts in -husk
500 sacks shell, 210 packages vanilla, 2e69 sacks
eocoanuts. 20 packages fruit. 1 case hardware,
sacks Becbe de Mer. sT2 tons