EFFECT OF THE STORM

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 275, 14 August 1920, Page 6

EFFECT OF THE STORM

■ « _ SHIPPING DISORGANISED COASTAL RUNS UPSET

The heavy Blorm yesterday completely disorganised shipping, nml as a resul* Hie port was at a standstill. 'Die only vessels to go to sea were the Patcena nml (ho Wahine, but (lie Patcena wag forcoil to put back owing to the heavy bc.i outside. The Nelson Ixiat, the Kui* toa, <lid not venture out, and she was lo lie dispatched early this 'morning if the wcathvr had n'bated. Numerous small vessels are sheltering at various placei on the coast, and the Kakapo; duo from Newcastle, the. Flora, from 'New Plymouth, and the Kittawn, from Greymouth, failed to show up last night. The Homo liners Leitrim and Waikawa, the latter from San Francisco, nnd the former from Auckland, both made port in the evening, ~,.,,, , j Further dolnys are possible it the bad weather continues. It is still hoped to dispatch the Mnrama for San Francis™ nt 3 p.m. to-day, but probably she will be delaved for several hours, The Paleena was to leave nt 9 o'clock this mom-, in"The two vessels which will probably suffer most from the storm—if they strike it-are the barques liona and Ttaupo. but pnssiblv the latter may not run into it. 'the li'ona, however, was expected tomorrow or on Monday from Newcastle with enal. The Haupo was not due until Thursday. ~ ... „ i « The oiilv ve-«e\ to leave Lyltelton last night was (he fern- sloamer Maori, while the Nikan left Nelson for "Wellington via the French Pas*.

IS THE HXJTT VALLEY.

The southerly which visited Wellington yesterday took its 101 l in Urn Hutt Valley. The heavy eeas pursued their destructive, course up the foreshore of the Petone beach and at one pointBuick Street—the waves were stated to have broken over the sea-wall. Iho door of the Bowing Clubs boii-J-house, •which is situated at the foot of Nelson Street, was blown in. Big breakers could be observed during the. daydashing over the concrete wall which 'borders the. line of railway from Petone * Lambton, and as a result (here was a "wash-out" between Eocky Point and Ngahnuranga. Consequently the train service between Lambton anil Petone was considerably disorganised, it being found necessary from 3 o'clock in the aMnioon to use the single line for. both trains. The train which was scheduled to lenvo Lambton at 5.12 p.m. did not take its departure until somewhere in the neighbourhood of 5.25, and upon i'fc arriving at Ngnhauranga was subjected to a further delay of about 20 minutes, and did not reach Petone .until well after six o'clock. In live or six places between Koeky Point and Kaiwarm the wall Rave way before -Me force of the sea*, and about j a quarter of a mile on the Petone side of Ngahnuranga both lines were under water. That portion of (he line between Tiockv Point and Ngahauranga more or less resembled tho Karori Stream at low Aide. The Tlntt TCiver hos not shown, any appreciable signs of rising. .