MANLY'S PLIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 92, 20 April 1927, Page 7

MANLY'S PLIGHT.

ELEMENTS STILL FIERCE. |;.-e<-|v.-<| n "fl b n: ■ >VD\i V. tl.i. ,i„ : The ii'-f-fitr;..,i ~.1 ) v hen\v rum. cont inuo>. and liirtlicr <1;* mnjjo to j»i«» porty hns l»oon roj»nrt«*«l. There arc few - and building in the city anil suburb-. that ha\<- n<<t • ,•. ccived snmr damage At Kllfield it e-t imated the \ elont v of (ho wind \vh* 1(H) null-- )«i houi. llou-o- «cri« unroofed. H iid tin- <ian,avis estimated a) Resident- «.f Manly arc in a sori<<uplight. Owiii- t<. the heavy eras the ferry scr\ u-e ha- <va-ed. and the tr.un -er\ ire ha- fail.-d Kll-.eS air the «>ll iv itKMitio ;ra<i-port Hue.. .-.-a- «i(< iiinninv .t* "s\.|n-\ Ibad- < inly tw.. -tenm-i- tlx i -.wmii and tile Moii-tun l<a\ \\. ij: or- \e-ti--.lay. A i m : li.-r wainin-.* to -lupi'inr has ).or, i~-i l<y ili<- \\ .-atli. i Itn-,j. i: Mat.-- tllat tile <<Mltlr of t ll<- .\.!..|ie ]- l>rt«<-.-n l.<<id lb<ue 1-laiid and \. w . ra-t I>'. in■ mi- ra-t\' aid. Ill*- pott of N.-wea-tl.- lias i--.-n . to li l |<)'inp -lIICO Monday l.\<-epti"ii-i'll\ lii a\ i >. a- are now rtmritiv. and thr 1 I.ll' i m -<mr n state that th- v have «.-<-n u.-in- \\.ii-i- ].ir maiiv \rari-. P.iver Rises Rapidly. It i- repot t«-• 1 fion, Wind-or that th< Hawkesbury ICI \«• r i- riMii- rapidlv Several bridge* ha\e 1..-.-n v.i-hed ni..n and iiiui-h land is inundated. I - roni iiino on Tuesday morning to mi. last nicrht. 1-J.<t2in of lain were restored ai Port Ki-nil<la. A Narrow Escapc. Tin- steamer Har<<n Ardi n--nii. w un l. has just arrived from New Zealand, had a narrow e-<-a)<e from d. -t i ;i. t ion m a tlrrro squall, when, with her and.-.is drugging badly, her windlass bioke. • v he was drifting on to the breakwater hut po.xl seamanship and a full head <<! steam saved her. >ho rocv;\id a - bulTeting w hen crossing the lawman.