GALES IN AUSTRALIA.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES AT SEA.
SYDNEY, July 14.
saved, the others being washed overboard or so maimed that they had to be killed. BRISBANE, July 14.
The steamer Katoomba, which left for Brisbane on Sunday, has returned to Newcastle to replenish her coal. She had a terrible experience during the late gales, which lasted several days, knocking her about and leaving her at the mercy of the mountainous seas. Her cargo included 440 valuable rams, of which only two were
The steamer Ouraka, from Sydney, experienced the full force of the gales, and was compelled to heave-to for a time. The deck fittings and stores were washed overboard and the saloon flooded.
The German steamer Augsburg, bound from Sydney to Colombo with horses, had a fearful passage up the coast. As the gale increased a terrible scene' was enaoted
on the well deck forward. The seas tore away the stalls, the horses were dashed about and many ripped open, the entrails being strewn about the deck. Forty-three horses were killed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 13
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172GALES IN AUSTRALIA. Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 13
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