Show DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLES Loss of Life Small So Far as Known But a Great Amount of Damage Was Done to Property Papeete Tahiti via San Francisco CalTho most destructive cyclona ever experienced In tho Society and Tuamotu islands occurred on February Febru-ary 7 and 8 The damage In Tahiti Is estimated at 1000000 and presumably pre-sumably a similar amount of property was destroyed on tho Tuamotu Islands Isl-ands The city of Papeete was Inundated Inun-dated and about sovcntyflvo buildings destroyed Including the American consulate and tho French government building The shipping In tho harbor of Papeete escaped injury owing to the direction of the wind but fears are entertained for vessels which were cruising near the Tuamotu Islands It is feared that there may have boon heavy loss of life in the lagoons ot the Tuamotu islands though the death of the guardian of the quarantine quaran-tine station In Papeete Is tho only fatality yet reported The schooner Papette was submerged sub-merged for an hour near Anaa Tua moat Her captain Philip Mlchaclll estimated that the waves were sixty five feet high It was impossible to see twenty feet away at 3 oclock in the day time and the sailors had to bo lashed to the vessel Many narrow escapes from drownIng drown-Ing have been reported Bridges and roads were badly damaged on tho island Isl-and of Tahiti Dread fruit cocoanut banana and plantain trees were blown down In great numbers which will result re-sult in hardships to the natives and materially affect commerce during tho next two or threo years I The village of Tarona was completely com-pletely swept away It consisted of the mission buildings and homes of native converts of the reorganized Latterday Saints mission former y under the direction of Captain Joseph Burton of California > The mission abuse and a great many houses wore MtriedolladI l 1nltiRlflW IHLI dr > 11anL xanlgpnc demgllellgd Of the church edifice not a vestige remains A settlement about an eighth of a mile distant comprised of dwellings of several hundred Cook Islanders British subjects was also completely destroyed |