LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES BY SHIPWRECKS.
One of the most severe gales ever experienced in Wellington, passed over the city on Saturday last. During the whole of the day it blew a perfect hurricane from the north, and considerable damage was done to the shipping and boats in the harbour. In the evening the wind changed to the south-east, and by midnight it was again blowing a heavy gale. The ship " Wellington " and the barque " Cyrus," both belonging to Wellington, had sailed on the Friday evening, bound for Newcastle. Both these vessels were driven by the force of the gale on the rocks on the west side of Wellington Heads and broken to pieces, and seven lives lost. Amongst those lost were a lady, the wife of a gentleman residing in Wellington, and her two children. They were passengers by the Cyrus for Newcastle. We cannot in this issue give the details of this most disastrous and melancholy occurrence, which has spread a general gloom over the city.
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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 5, 10 March 1874, Page 67
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168LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES BY SHIPWRECKS. Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 5, 10 March 1874, Page 67
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