STORMY SEAS.
TAMAHINE BATTERED. PASSENGER INJURED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Stormy weather in and about Cook Strait has delayed small coastal shipping. The steamer express Rangatira arrived on time after a rough passage. The Breeze arrived last night from Wanganui, Nothing untoward is reported except in the case of the Tamaliihe which arrived at 8.15 last night from. Picton. The crossing was very rough and the Tamahine struck trouble after entering the Terawhiti rip. Twelve feet of her bulwarks, forward, were stove in on the starboard side, the sounding paul was smashed and three glass ports with their iron work were also stove in. Most of the damage was done by a heavy sea that was shipped off Karori rock. A passenger, H. McNabb, was thrown across the smoking room and injured his thign. He was admitted to hospital on arrival in Wellington.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1935, Page 5
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