Eruption
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Niuafo'ou Again in Eruption
A ROUND-THE-WORLD- yachtsman, Mr. F. M. Agnew of the yacht “Alone” has reported in Suva, Fiji, that when he passed the Tongan island of Niuafo’ou on the nights of January 26 and 27, volcanoes on the island were again in violent eruption. He said that the glow from the island was visible for a great distance and that the sea around the island was thickly coated with vol cano ash. (Due to wide-spread devastation fol lowing eruptions in September it was de cided by the Tongan government that the island should be abandoned and 1.200 inhabitants evacuated to Tongatabu.
The evacuation was carried out by the “Matua” in December.)