HEAVY GALE AT AUCKLAND
■.—♦ ' \ A WIDESPREAD STORM \
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE REPORTED
iraess association TELEGraa.i - * AUCKLAND, January^' The strong east-south-east wind rf\ yesterday rose to gale force during, the night, raising big seas in the har-. bour and gulf, and causing damage, over a wide area. At 10 o'clock'last night the gale was in lull force. -K blew hard in fitful gusts through the;: night, and this morning conditions en the waterfront were as unpleasant» could be imagined. Short, steeps** rocked the ferries, and . at, tunes »■ shroud of mist reduced visibility m a mile or so. Reports received ina> cated that the track of the storm: ** wide, and that it was felt aU over tre province. , * __L« It was an anxious time last evenm.« for the acting-harbourmaster, •W----tain Wainhouse, and his staff,-as wo tugs were called on, and launches flaa to stand-by. „i«md The Home liner Taranaki clean* - the central wharf at 9.15, outwarf bound for Opua. In light draught, «>- Taranaki was very hard to haKW*. and she was swept up harbour to uk vicinity of the coal hulks anchors held. A tug was called for® , swing her on the turn of the tide, aw* at an early hour this morning Taranaki got under way. . "Tent Town," at Takapuna, JJ,sented a sorry sight, and many «. ers packed up, and set off for the*. homes. All the occupants ]«%* troubled night, especially «*» JL> storm was at its height and in son* cases they had to hold down tnen canvas homes. , a t., The trawler Coastguard made an» : .- tempt to go out last night oni lar trip, but found conditions(*»«** and sheltered for the night at W« ton Bay. One skipper, asked the direction of the wind, said « w£ jumping and changing all round £. compass through the night but gen* ally it was from the south-east. Although orchardists m cpunOT °g tricts do not go so far as say the gale has caused havoc «*£ orchards, they report damage, especially to apples. * has been blown off the trees inßre,. quantities, and in some in s * 3 ™*?.* trees themselves have been uprooxe*
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21992, 16 January 1937, Page 12
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