THE TARAWERA IN A GALE.
♦ THE VESSEL MUCH DAMAGED. (per united press association). • Wellington, Nov 6. The steamer Tarawera, which arrived here at 5 o'clock this morning ftom Napier, after a p)ssage of 41 hours, encountered very heavy weather. A strong south-east gale was blowing when she left Napier at 12. 15 on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday night, about 10 o'clock, the steerage smoking-room was struck by a sea and smashed to pieces, and the end of ths purser's cabin was stove in and the fittings considerably damaged. The glass front of the lighthouse on the port side was driven in by a sea. All the winch steam-pipes forward were torn from the decks and twisted in all shapes, and the forward skylight was stove in. One of the electric lamps and part of the woodwork round the poop was carried away. The engines were kept slow most of the passage. The iron plates covering the steam-pipes were broken into pieces.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5207, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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161THE TARAWERA IN A GALE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5207, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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