CYCLONIC STORM
EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF STEAMER OPIHI. . By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright SYDNEY July 11. The Opihi encountered the full force of the recent cyclonic storm when hound from New Zealand to Melbourne with timber. The vessel was taken to' sea to evade the storm, but mountainous seas swept her from stem to stem for two days, when the wind Shifted, the sea striking the vessel,from three directions. Eventually she . reached Port Kerabla, hut not till tho enginerqpm and stokehold had been flooded.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10950, 12 July 1921, Page 5
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82CYCLONIC STORM New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10950, 12 July 1921, Page 5
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