THE SOUTHERLY “BUSTER.”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 235, 21 September 1911, Page 5

THE SOUTHERLY “BUSTER.”

TERRIFIC SEA AT WELLINGTON.

Wellington. Sept. 29.

It is still blowing bard anil raining to-night, and the weather is very cold. The. force of the gale is felt very keenly at Lyall Ray, where Ihe breakers have rushed in with tremendous force. On .Tuesday night, the water readied the terminali-r.i of the tram line and undermined the foundations c q' many buildings on the beach. The men’s dressing shed, which is 30ft. long, was almost entirely swept away, and the almostcompleted club bonce of the Lyall Bay Surf Club, 4nft. long, had disappeared. A raised stand on the beach had gone and left nc. trace. The beach is strewn to-day with debris and wreckage of every description. The breakers rushed shorewards at express speed, their boiling crests tin feet above the sand. Almost everything movable has disappeared. a clean sweep hac ing been made of the beach. The few building:: remaining seem to be doomed. The sides of the sandhills are covered with life buoys, .seats with the legs and backs broken, notices t i bathers, life saving reels, chairs and boxes which have been hastily moved out of the reach of the sea. The concrete foundation.-, of the dressing shed have been broken inta pieces ten fc,et long and about li.alf a ton in weight. TARAWERA’S ROUGH PASSAGE The Tarawcra made a very long trip from Napier. She left there for Wellington at. 5 p.m. on Monday and only reached here shortly before 9 this morning, plugging against a heavy southerly gale the greater part of the time. The forecastle was Heeded and r.cme deck cargo damaged. THE BARQUENTINE CARLA. -OI'TRI DES THE GALE. 1 Wanganui. Sept. 2(). Very heavy weather lias been expel ienced all day. but the barquent ine Carla, which was abandoned on Monday night, is i.till riding to anchors, and, so far as can be judged from shore .has suffered no damage other than the wreckage of her head sail gear. Tb.e weather seems to be moderating to,-night .and there is reasonable hope that the Carla will be brought safely into port. THE CARLA DRAGS. BUT MAY’ YET I>E SAVED, Wanganui, Sept. 21. Tb.e barquentinc Carla, which was abandoned about four miles from the entrance i f the Wanganui river on Monday night, dragged her anchors last: night, and drifted close to the shore between (’astleeliff and Kai Iwa, about six miles north of where she was abandoned. No particulars arc available, though it is believed, is prompt stop:", are taken, that she can be made secure. The weatlfer has moderated consider,d>lv', though the wind is still blowing.