BIG TIDAL WAVE.
DAMAGE AT THE CHATHAMS,
WHARVES, SWEPT AWAY
TRAWLER. SMASHED AND DAM .. . - WASHED AWAY.
STEAMER, TEES DAMAGED
(Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day
Reports of a tidal wave which did considerable damage at the Chatham Islands on July 21, were brought by the steamer Tees, which arrived in Lyttelton last night. The wave swept inland about five chains on the eastern side of the island. A trawler belonging to the Kaingaroa Fishing Company was lost, and another was smashed. The dam which supplies the company with fresh water was washed out. Pitt Island wharf was swept away, and some beaches were cleared of shell.
When 100 miles out from the island the Tees encountered the effects of the wave, causing the ship to heel over. As the result of water getting into the engine room, the high pressure cylinder was cracked, necessitating temporary repairs, during which the vessel was hove to. The- run to the Chat hams proved a strenuous time for the crew and fifteen passengers. Waitangi was reached at 8 o’clock on July 24, after a. trip taking four and a. half days, which, under normal weather conditions, could he negotiated in forty eight hours. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
Speaking of the damage at the Olinthams, Captain Dowell said that Kningnroa Dike, which gives a. supply of fresh water to the Kaingaroa Company, had been washed out through the carrying away of 'the dam. The lake had been drained, and it would cost a consideiable sum to rebuild the dam. Pitt Island wharf was completely. washed away, not a- sign of it remaining. A dinghy and a. surf boat were washed up a creek a. distance of eighty yards. A RUN FOR, LIFE. The tidal wave reached a distance of about five chains inland at Kaingaroa. The roar of the wave was heard at Owenga before it- reached the shore, and at Kaingaroa: some- fishermen, who were playing cards, went out to see what was amiss. On seeing the, wave they made a rush inland to the bush. The west side of the island, was not affected, only the -east side, the places that suffered being Kaingaroa, Pitt Island, and Mangere Island. At the last-named place a big landslip occulted. _____
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16498, 2 August 1924, Page 7
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372BIG TIDAL WAVE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16498, 2 August 1924, Page 7
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