ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES
The Marine Department has received a report fronr the keeper at the Parewell Spit lighthouse that at the time of the big earthquake" the sea was nearing low water, but it then, came up to the normal high-tide mark, and this, combined with heavy rain, flooded the dwellings to a depth of two feet. On the following Wednesday there was a heavy easterly gale, and this, with the tide so high, caused the water, to break over the bankbelow the tower into the house paddock, scouring out great channels. Even at low water the seas continued to be high, and did not moderate until the wind shifted, when they ho longer came over the bank.
It is understood that there were abnormal tides on DMJrville Island and in the vicinity of French Pass. The Department is awaiting further information.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 149, 28 June 1929, Page 10
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142ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 149, 28 June 1929, Page 10
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