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DESTRUCTIVE GALE.

75 MILES AN HOUR. DISASTERS' *TO VESSELS. MANY BUILDINGS UNROOFED. By Telegraph.—Press Associolion.—Copyright x . %■*'*,■:". ."■;•. Stdnet, March 14. N - A DOitTBtE-HEADBD Antarctic. disturbance, which covered whole-of south-eastern ■ i Australia yesterday, was one of most v. energetic experienced for some time.- Two yachts were driven ashore- in the harbour, and the ketch Brothers had a portion of her sails carried away off the North Head. • A tug rescued her; • - _ ..,':• ' Several buildings were .unroofed.. , The maximum velocity was 60 miles an hour. At Newcastle the storm was one of the severest for some time, and. was' accom- ■;■ panied by heavy squalls of rain and hail. v The Lambton Fire Station was wrecked, . and- several roofs were torn off. The ■ velocity of the gale there was 7$ miles an hour. :• « ' At Adelaide a violent westerly sent twd yachts- ashore, both > being smashed. The; schooner Albatross also sank" in-the gale. The French vessel.General Desonis, wheat laden, dragged her anchors and;grounded.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 7

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DESTRUCTIVE GALE. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 7

DESTRUCTIVE GALE. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 7