Two Tongans Drowned
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From Our Own Correspondent
Nukualofa, Aug. 10.
WHILE negotiating one of the passages through the reef, on the of Eua, over a very rough sea in a small sailing boat in which they had sailed from Tonga, two young men, Vili Life Tagatao lakebaU(or William Young) aiicl Tuibir lotu lost their lives. The boat) capiii&ed. and they Were swept out to sea by the strong current.
There were sonle people on th# shorf. who witnessed the accident, blip-on count Of the mountainous sea running, they were powerless to give any assi&fen£p to the two men. The latter were seen fct intervals, on the crests of the towering wayes, each clinging to a piece of the
boat, which had become a complete wreck in the relentless fury of the surf.
They were finally carried right out to sea, and disappeared.
On the following day, when the sea subsided, Tongan swimmers went out to search for the missing men, but met no success.
Many members of Young’s family have been lost in making this dangerous cross ing to Eua.
Rev. and Mrs. R. Perry have joined the London Missionary Society in Papua.
They are stationed at Urika.
Mr. Arthur Fry, Mining Inspector in the Morobe District, New Guinea, ar rived in Sydney from Salamaua by the August “Bulolo”.