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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20550, 19 May 1932, Page 13

An exceptional tidal bore, or miniature tidal wave, was experienced at Calcutta by the Union Company's steamer Narbada, which reached Auclc-' land on Friday afternoon (states the "New Zealaud Herald"). The bore is a sudden rise in the tide, which sweeps up the river Hoogli as far as Calcutta, which is 320 miles from the mouth of the river. The bore occurs periodically, but only at full and the change of the moon, wlien the range between high water and low water is at its maximum. On these occasions the first of the rising tide up the river, generally about 4ft or sft high. When the Narbada was at Calcutta the wave experienced reaehed nearly 10ft, the highest recorded for twenty years. As it swept up the river it carried everything before it and wrecked a "number of small craft. Although large overseas vessels berthed at Calcutta were made fast to the wharves with numerous thick ropes and heavy chain cables, some broke their .moorings and nearly came adrift. On the Narbada one of tlio chain cables snapped and three cables on the large steamer / Baron Mackay, which was moored to the wharf with four chains - as well as other moorings, snapped, the vessel being held to the wharf by the remaining cable.