BAD NOR-’EASTER
GALE IN AUCKLAND f —— SMALL GRAFT ADRIFT [Special to the ' Star.’] AUCKLAND. May 3. Auckland experienced an “ old-time ” uor’-easter to-day The wind worked up towards gale torce after midday, driving a slanting rain, and raised a heavy sea on the harbour. By noon several small craft were adrift, and the yacht Elwood had been smashed on the eastern tide deflector, up in “ Rotten Row.’’ The hulk Columbia'lost a mast, which, hung over the side, and a naval pinnace lost a man overboard in midharbour, but, after speedy manoeuvring he was picked up. The harbour service was carried on, with difficulty, and spectators on the wharves watched the ferry boats plunging into the short, steep seas untd they got the shelter of the wharves. ‘ One ferry put back, while oh another lifebelts were served out as an emergency measure. There was the quickest and heaviest fall in the barometer here for very many years. Telegraphic services in the ’province were maintained with difficulty.
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Evening Star, Issue 21710, 3 May 1934, Page 12
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164BAD NOR-’EASTER Evening Star, Issue 21710, 3 May 1934, Page 12
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