Show FIJI ISLANDS SWEPT BY FIERCE HURRICANE London Jan 25 Confirming h prese from Melbourne last night th the colonial office omee received an official dispatch as follows follow A severe hurricane swept over too Fiji islands Jan 21 1 and Too The darn dam damage age to the of Suva iuva f capital and chief port purt of UM th islands was to the hanson banana anI other and native houses but the destruction at Levuka on the east cOast of the small Wand of was vrr V ry s rions Whole native villages were swept away the bonded betided nare ws wit destroyed and Its valuable were damaged end and steamers a bark berk several small craft and many government buildings were destroyed Only Mx Uv lives have far been lost hut but news fc m the province aces hrs bs not yet arrived |