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A storm destroyed Neale’s rebuilt pier the next day
Tom Neale began living on Suwarrow in the Cook Islands in 1952. Visitors suggested rebuilding a ruined pier. According to the account based on his autobiography, six months of intermittent labour ended with completion—then a storm destroyed it the next day.
The finished project received remarkably little time intact.
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