Hurricane Damage In The New Hebrides

The poignant story of how the hurricane early this year devastated a plantation at Emae, New Hebrides, and destroyed the life’s work of the owner was graphically told in the July above are photographs showing the extensive damage done on another island, Tongoa, just north-east of Emae. Top.—Only the launch survived when the gale hit the Presbyterian Mission’s boat-house. Centre. —Coconut palms, uprooted and flung at random, indicate the cyclone’s ferocity. Bottom.—Twisted roofing iron, wrecked walls, and debris littered the yard around this homestead after the hurricane had raced and roared through the plantation.