ATLANTIC GALE.
THE ACfUITANIA DAMAGED. WAVES REACH THE BRIDGE. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, January 26. The Aquitania, which has arrived here, was delayed for two days by the worst weather in the commander’s memory. Strong gales whipped the sea into mountainous waves which broke the windows in the upper deck, port- - holes) and, deck equipment. The waves once dashed against the captain’s bridge, 70 feet above the waterline, with such impact that the windows were broken and the officers within jlrenched. Captain Dittle said it was the worst weather he had ever experienced.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 91, 27 January 1928, Page 5
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