Mountainous Seas Pound N.S.W. Coast

Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1948, Page 5

Mountainous Seas Pound N.S.W. Coast

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• . SY^NEY, July 19. Huge sea? pounding the Nhyr epastline during tRe Syifney jyee^eiid for 80 the dpafh^ pf kF®. others w.ere saved after wayes |jad ssvept them the sftorg aud drag: ge^ them tq sga, " ' A man aged 65, his wife and.^apjghter, a#4 a yqupger ma$, -were^walking 'along tlie cliff pafh af" R.ondi ivhen a , gi"ganti,c wayjs engulfeR thqni- ap4 parried all four wards. A!' youug-%e'ek d|y,el to" t^e rescup (anRjluanaged to §av§ both womep. Th.e 'otlier niaxx ju^de his qwu e§pa^te,' huf t^e oldpr $01 7va.§ npt seen ^gaip. The path is pvej* 2Q f eqt ahqVve the pormal 'high-yrater seg, • leyel. A hoy aged 15 y/as washed off the southern brpgkwatpr ,at P.ort I£emhja. He and a friend had walked out alphg the preakw^ter, which measures oye'r 6Q0 feet/ to wafch, the.seas. They w,ere on their wgy hack when wayes syr,ept the breakyater. Rescue eifprts f ailed when the' surge of xyaters hrpke the rescuers-' grip. Sinjilar incidents at Crppulla{ |Iarbord, and Be-lmoral resultfed'in the rescues of two women, Wo "yp.utljs, . 'and a.nine-year-pld boy. The Manly ferries, some of whjp'1 are over 10Q0 tons register, apd tvhicfu cross just inside the Jiarbour mpuflij discontinue.d the service 3'esterday, after seas had broken over the top deck of one ferry. The service has nqw been resumed. At Manly a former Duteh submarine which >\ras moored for exhibition purposes outside the syvrmming pqol broke from its moorings and crashed through the steel bars of the sharkproof fence. Five piles were smashed and a iargo hole was drivey through thp outer feijce of the pool, and for a time the outer promenade of the pool tjireatened to collapse. Attempts to extricate the submarine from the wreckage have so far fgiled. Seas 30 feet high tore the seats from their concrete bedding' in Bronte Park, 50 yarc^s from normal high tide level, demolished most of tlie Balmoral baths, causing damage estimateft at £30(T(), smashed the windows of the Uoogee clubhouse and flqoded the buildings, washed away both ends of the Maroubra beach, and carried away a surfboat, together witli iqost of tlie beach. The loss of small craft along the coast has been heavy and larger vessels, including the British t'reighter Flysha, of 9979 tons, were forced to heave to. At Xewcastle heavy seas tore away the foreshore at Stockton beach, threatened nine homes, and upset a* motpr-car on the Marine Drive.