HEAVY SWELL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 5

HEAVY SWELL

SHIPPING HAMPERED DISTURBANCE AT LYTTELTON ii is seldom that the port- of Lyltelton is visited by a. south-east range of the extent of that experienced on Friday and Saturday. By ihe time the ferry si earner was opposite Camp Hay on Friday evening .she v.as dipping heavily into the swell. Prior to the "departure 'of the ferry steamer the 80-ton floating crunc Rapaki was feeling Ihe effect of the strong range, and she bumped the Ferry Wharf hea\i!y, slinking] the superstructure. veranda, and swaying the railway carriages, it- reminded one- of the earthquakes experienced in June last year. Willi the departure of the Maori tie' only vessels left in port were the Waikouaiti and the small steamers Muriel. John Anderson, and Orewa. The latter three boats, which were berthed al the east sde of No. I wharf, being lightly laden, felt the effects of the. range badly. Their lines were strained to the uttermost, but no rljnuago was done. The heavy swell was breaking right along the' Gladstone pier, ami did a small amount of damage, which affected the railway lines. By midnight on Friday the Waikouaiti had' carried away several lines, and it was decided to lake the vessel oul into the stream for the nighl. She roherthed again early next, morning. The undertow was not so severe next mornuuj, and the Tecs was refloated out of dock safely. It was reported from Kaikoura that the Cygnet had been unable to work the. port, owing (o the heavy sea along the coast. At 11.30 a.m. on Saturday it, was atiain found necessary to send out tlio Waikouaiti to an anchorage in the si ream, as it was impossible to work the vessel at the extreme end of the Gladstone pier.