STORM IN WELLINGTON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1310, 18 May 1886, Page 2

STORM IN WELLINGTON.

Tbe gale yesterdaydjd bat little dajnage in town, except tbeuprooting oi* trees and dislodging chimney note. With the exception of oiierb'r'tWd Bffialf yachts being sank, tbe shipping^ "escaped. Tbe IJutt railway liqel Wij* in lone., part washed away for ,sbopt 30 J&rdf, leading the sleepers suspended for a considerable distance at either side of the break. The wall was also undermined and tunnelled by the sea, rendering iUprecarioua for probably lQ0 r yarda. In conaeonenos of the obstruction it was necessary/to send out a train from; town! to reach Petone, and the Hutt passengers could be transferred at tbeQb&acn^ -lind-' the same Bjtfe^ ,.was .fipn^inne4, daring tl^e dajt Tbe Hutt river was a good, deal 'awpUeq lasfc^nfeht, bnt' was n^.in.heavjj^opfl. Some damage hay howeye'r 1 , been done near $elmont. -^neid'erlvsattlerj'n^njed John Faing}e, was/tesiditlg by himgelf in jn a sniijir wooden Jjoqse ni»ar the river bank rj ,At i»ott4g ftiwi* observe^ by „ tl^e l( iJe^g^bq«int>j»e^Qprß that the' liouse had disappeared^ ig^^e old man was seen standing on a imall patoh of. proand p»t of faa^ th^>inain land by the river having made, a U^k. branch. Various efjforts were made to rescue him from bis dangerous position. but it, was notuwtil &9Qj9{pjQoksi»tdjLla4 on horseback, leading another horit, manag^ fq ißwim iacrof » %pd'' bttn^%li4'

At Masterton hea%^aM B °&4# M& 1 since midnight ocuSaturday, The railway bridge at Waingawa is djLngeroak tb**oathward vterXbemm6W*sTni traffic is stopped. 3s?<sA»ly»oo!nplet«d bridge at Wainuiora bai been WMhed away, and all the scaffolding of the Wait poua was yad»d.Ws«|f|liej4WSeulv«rte The weather cletred up this mornimr Uape UampbelL Doriiur th« t^SS!?

' : part r j»f ber railing.was wtihed aw«% »d! the steering gear-put out of order? ~"£be* Lir^^BM^lli^^ %??«yed;f«om $T«)ier at '^Wsal^/ she'Tniatfe &6 r Cs^inight, ' Xl a^theh made for Pencirtow light, which, to the 'thick weather, she Was on- j Jbdfefetoio pickup, bo Captain Mclntpsh stood j „ nJOrning (so three or i x'^ffl? -4i??! passengers . stai£), when the position'of.the Vessel was ascertained, she * wWb : ni "clbaer proximity to i&e mainland, rr> and slici f( w'kß put about apd headed for" Wellington. ' ' '" v