THE LATE STORM.
Our Auckland cotemporary, the Daily Southern Cross, Bth Feb;, referring to the late storm, says:—“ On the evening of the Ist the barometer indicated a storm of some magnitude, standing, as it did, at 29*86. On the following morning the gale had fairly set in, and at sunset the reading of the barometer showed 29 10. Vessels dragged their moorings, and small boats broke adrift. On the morning of the 3rd the baro« meter was at its lowest, showing 28 ’22, an indication that the wiud was passing with hurricane violence over the island. The casualties were again of no moment, owing to the excellence of the harbor. The barometer continued low afterwards, but a slight change ou the sth, when the wind hauled round to the N.W., and the weather was fine, enabled a large number of vessels to put to sea.”
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 59, 17 February 1868, Page 43
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