THE GALE IN THE SOUTH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 818, 25 June 1879, Page 2

THE GALE IN THE SOUTH.

A severe gate raged on Monday m the South of New Zealaud. From telegrams we gather the following items : — At Dunedin the barque William Turner from Newcastle, encouutered.terrific gales, with continuous seas, and was hove-to for 86 hours. The sails were blown away, and everything on her deck was swept away. At Wauganui the cutter Annie went ashore, and is expected to break up. A steamer is ashore at Waugamn Heads, supposed to be the Patera The Manawatu has gone down to lend assistance. At Lyttleton the Red Gauntlet and Oakhurst are reported to have gone ashore on Forty Mile Beach. The rivers are full ; no damage, as yet reporter!. At Wellington ♦the collier Australian Sovereign from Newcastle to Lyttleton, put into harbor for shelter. Owing to the haziness of the weather, it was reported that she had gone ashore. The Wanaka, which had to cut aud run from Napier, encountered a frightful passage, being 41 hoars m getting to Cape Palliser. The officers say it was the most severe gale ever encountered ou the Coast. The seas, breaking over the bridge, washed aways its covering, aud the chocks from under the life-boats. The Wakatipu, which arrived on Monday night at Wellington from Sydney, experienced a terrific gale on the 13tb instant, during which the. vessel shipped a heavy sea, tearing the midship, boat from the davits and lauding it on the engine room skylight. It also carried away overboard a large quantity of fruit aud other cargo. The gale continued on without intermission. Last Saturday the decks were deluged with water. At midday last Sunday the vessel shipped a tremeudous sea Which almost cleared the deck forward; carried away the breakwater, and smashed the port life-boat on the bridge. The sea contiuued heavy uutil the arrival of the Wakatipu at Wellington. During the gale W. A. Grant, the officers' servant, was missed, and it id supposed he was washed overboard. He waa never seen after 8 a.m. (m Sunday. Mr M'Keuzie, the chief engineer, narrowly escaped drowning by a sea carrying him over the rail, but he fortunately caught hold of the boafdavits. The second officer, one seaman, and two passengers received injuries during the Kale.