GALE AT WELLINGTON.
SCOW IN DIFFICULTIES. SHOP WINDOWS DAMAGED. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. J WELLINGTON. Monday. A heavy wind from the north (swept Wellington yesterday., causing damage to fences and gardens and to shop and office windows. The auxiliary scow Echo, (19 tons, which arrived yesterday morning from Blenheim, pulled in at Day's Bay.,. aud later tried to make Wellington. When she was near Somes Island, her engines stopped, and the whole weight of the storm was suddenly thrown on her sails, with the result that the mainmast snapped about two feet above the deck-house, and went over the side, taking also some feet of the top of the foremast. The scow immediately dropped anchor, and retrieved the rigging from the water, and was afterwards towed to a berth by the tug Toia. Some time ago the Echo lost her foremast while beating np Wellington Harbour. The wind forced open and wrecked & showcase at James Smith's drapery premises. The door was forced open and swung back with force. It then .struck the big window and smashed it, and the police had to take charge until the firm had the window boarded up. It will cost between £4O and £SO to replace the glass.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19474, 2 November 1926, Page 8
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