A TERRIBLE STORM.
! Seven Vessels Wrecked. Twenty-Four Lives Lost, J [JJi'iicJAi/ ao I'iiKSs Association,] j A terrible storm was oxpuvioncod at j this port jestordiiy. During tho j ! gaio suveu wsseis weio driven a^horo ! ; and completely wrecked. Tv;euty- '■ tour persons wero drowned, and many ' 1 st-uiouiiiy injured. • Gre.ili dauiago j was also donts m tho city by the l'ury • j oJ; tbo storm. ■ J j [PotsiWy the peculiarities of the " Valo i of fai'ddise," tho ruobt impoitanb port ou • i the Ciiiiiun coaa. 1 ;, may have bud uxucb to ; (do witti the biiverity of tiio clwaat,cr. A j ■ higli and ta-oiid ucouutuiu ridge iottus a j cixsctut round the wido ba^, Low&rds tho j Bhyred of which it descends la bteep . tiicarpwe.ats. Fifteen or tiixteeu watercjurdtahavu farrowed the slopes ot t.bis ! coimt l-idgo, Jonning euibradod, or deep i uuiJa, bjcu oidei oi which are dotted aU | over with liotuea. Skirting iha bay runs j a circulur road, befiwecu tuij edge of the i water and the overhanging cliffs, formed partly ty r.lu«g in the }ow-lymg beach and partly by biustmg away the projecting rocks, jj'roiu this rytidwsy a. tew jetciea are run. out. Of shelter i-jr shippinfj irom storm there is noae, either iAu.tur*l or artiiicial. The duck, a floating one, ia moored oJf at a convenient distance.]
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6313, 10 August 1888, Page 3
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218A TERRIBLE STORM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6313, 10 August 1888, Page 3
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