PER PRESS AGENCY.
WELLINGTON. ' This day. H.MS. Dido has arrived, having left Auckland on the 3rd instant. She intended to call at Tauranga, but was prevented by heavy weather. She encountered a succession of furious gales the whole way. Shortly after miduight of the 12fch the forestay sail was blown.toribbons..,. ...JBhe..l shipped heavy seas to windward, and took ! in large, bodies of water to leeward. At one time there was over 150 tons of water .on deck., The. .same, morning, a hugii sea struck her portbow, tearing away the hammock netting, lockers and also a large portion of the bed of the sheet anchor —a solid block of wood two feet square—strewing the deck with bolts, ■ &c., and brealdng several large plates of glass in the main skylight. The ;ship was in great danger. The Captain says that had Bhe not been a good ship she would probably have foundered.;;
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2039, 17 July 1875, Page 2
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150PER PRESS AGENCY. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2039, 17 July 1875, Page 2
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