THE GALE IN THE TASMAN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 12

THE GALE IN THE TASMAN

MANAMA’S ROUGH TRIP. (Fbom'Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, January 6. Vessels arriving from Australia report very, heavy weather in the Tasman Sea, and the Marama, which arrived to-day, had ' a rough buffeting. She should, in the ordinary course, have reached Wellington on Tuesday morning last. Soon after leaving Sydney she met a S.E. gale, and' .shipped much water. Next day there was a dangerous sea, and speed had to lie reduced. On New Year’s Day, early in the morning, some ventilators wore damaged and ports smashed, but otherwise the vessel stood the storm well. Passengers in cabins that,, had their ports broken had to shift to the music room. The'.gale continued all day, with strong, heavy squalls, and by 8 o’clock that night was blowing with exceptional fierceness, accompanied by blinding rain and mountainous seas. _ By midnight the gale had reached hurricane force, "and those conditions obtained till Tuesday, when the centre of depression was passed about midday. That night the , baroipotcr rose, and though there was a dangerous cross sea, the, gale appeared to be moderating on Wednesday morning, and the weather cleared gradually, till last night, which was beautifully fine. The passengers expressed their thanks to Captain Aldwell for tho way he brought his ship through the gale.