HEAVY SEA AT NAPIER.
DAMAGE TO POET WORKS. FEARS FOR SMALL CRAFT. (Per Press Association..? Napier, March 4. • One of the heaviest seas known here'is at running. Considerable damage has been done to works at‘Port Ahuriri. The Awahura and' Navua were unable to come alongside the breakwater. Seawater found its way into warehouses at the port, and huge waves are sending water over the seafront. Several small vessels have been knocked abdnt. Richardson and Co. ’a Echo has not been heard of since Friday, and there is some anxiety here as to its safety. It is hoped that she is sheltering off Cape Runaway.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11477, 4 March 1918, Page 8
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104HEAVY SEA AT NAPIER. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11477, 4 March 1918, Page 8
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