STORM AT AUCKLAND.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17241, 20 March 1918, Page 4

STORM AT AUCKLAND.

ONE OF THE WORST EVER EX-

PERIENCED

GREAT DAMAGE DONE

(Per Press Association.) AUMKLAND, Max. 19

One of the worst storms ever experienced in Auckland raged on tho harbour last night, a. howling gale being at its height between midnight and .2.0 o'clock. The waterfront this morning was strewn with debris and wreckage, and the damage must run into thousands of pounds. Along Freeman s Bay and Ponsonby the damage was particularly heavy. At Parker and Lamb s timber'mills a number of scows piled up practically on top of one another, and 300 or 400 logs got loose, completiuo- the damage at the Kauri Company's and other mills. There were similar scenes at St. Marys Bay, launches/yachts, and logs having broken away. The Wcstend Boating Club's shed was damaged, a.nd only two boats are intact. Across the-road, the Agricultural Association's auxiliary stand was blown completely over and is now a heap of wreckage. The main stand was partly unrooted ™c Trottin"1 Club's loss is estimated at iIUUU. On the North Shore several houses were unroofed. Very high tides were experienced, an 4in all seaside suburbs several yachts were totally dt»troyed At Tohimarama houses were invaded by the sea. Telegraphic communication W'th the south is seriously interrupted.