Fiji Hurricane—Pictures From the Air Force Rescue Party

Photos taken by Rob. Wright, in the Lau Islands, showing effects of the hurricane which swept over Eastern Fiji early in December. TOP: All that was left of a village on Ogea Levu, after the hurricane and tidal wave had passed. CENTRE: District Officer Ratu Edward Cakobau, MC (a direct descendant of high ruling chiefs) tells villagers that they must use all local foodstuffs not entirely destroyed by the hurricane, before turning to the emergency rations brought by plane. Additional food supplies and seeds for planting would be brought by ship. LOWER: Dr. P. G. Griffiths, MC, opens an emergency clinic on the beach of a devastated island, while supplies are being unloaded from the Catalina.