AUSTRALIAN STORM
4 FULL FORCE ENCOUNTERED BY OPIH.I. Sydney, July 11. The Opihi encountered the full force of tho recent cyclonic storm when bound from New Zealand to Melbourne with timber. The vessel was headed to sea to face the storm, but mountainous seas swept her from stem to stern lor two days, when the wind shifted, the sea striking the vessel from three directions. Eventually she reached Port Kenibla, but not till the engine-room and stokehold had been flooded.—-Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 246, 12 July 1921, Page 5
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81AUSTRALIAN STORM Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 246, 12 July 1921, Page 5
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