HEAVY GALE ON THE COAST.
Per >rp «s Association. AUCKLAND, March 20. A heavy gale is raging on the West Coast. The Takapuna, from New Plymouth, encountered some of the heaviest seas Captain Hutchings has seen ori the coast. She passed the Rarawa 65 miles from New Plymouth, almost standing on her end. ~ A tremendous sea is running on tlic Manukau bar, and shipping is at a standstill. , Owing to the heavy sea, aie Takapuna s departure for the South is postponed to 9 o'clock on Saturday morning. NAPIER. March 20. A heavy gale raged last night, and half a dozen yachts in the inner harbour sank at. their mooring. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 20. The Corinna. arrived at the breakwater this morning after a very rough passage from Wellington. At times the vessel was standing almost on her end, with her bow out of the water and submerged. Six or eight feet of the online-room door was smashed in anu three feet of water found its way into the stoke-hole. A fireman was knocked down by a heavy sea and had to receive medical attention here. A little damage was caused on deck. The Rarawa also had a long, rougft I rip from Onehunga.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8539, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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204HEAVY GALE ON THE COAST. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8539, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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