GALE IN WELLINGTON.
[United Press Association.] Wellington, April 15. A north-west gale is blowing here. Fences have been blown down in various parts of the city and suburbs. The roof of the Post Office motor garage was lifted off and carried against the wall of the Hotel Arcadia, breaking the electric light wires. The high wind also damaged the elevated crane used in connection, with the extension of the. General Post Office. The Union Company's steamer Haupiri, which has been used as a store ship for some time past, broke away from her moorings off Kaiwarra,' and drifted into . Evans' Bay, . where sho went ashore near the old torpedo station. It is understood that she has not sustained much damage.
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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12770, 16 April 1910, Page 4
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120GALE IN WELLINGTON. Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12770, 16 April 1910, Page 4
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