GALE AT SEA.
A .1101. GH EXI'I'RIENt.r: |P*S UHITP.D PlItM ABSOeUmS.I AUCKLAND. 'Octolior 12. The steamer Lord Lonsdale, which :irrived from .New York, via Australian pu:to, InfiL evening, encountered an easterly gale. The storm iucionsctl in vi >■ Icnce. and continued for four days. The wind alternately from the east and south, and tremendous scan struck the \cs.iel with terrific. force. At times huge waves swept right. over the chartlwnse aim the funnel, kverythiiij; was battened down, anil all the deck year that showed any signs of moving was stowed L'elow. The men who luid to work on deck hail to keep a sharp lookout for inovmt;tiuous iscas, as often they would break right over the .ship. On the fourth day the storm was at its height, and the vessel had to heaveto for nearly four hours. Several of the erew weie injured, and a Chinaman was knocked down by a wa\e and received injury to his head.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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157GALE AT SEA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 5
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