THE SOUTHERLY GALE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1719, 9 April 1913, Page 8

THE SOUTHERLY GALE.

BARENFELS SHOWS UP 1 HEAVY STEAMING IN A STORM. MILE & A HALF AN HOUR. Although the weather appeared some- j what brighter yesterday morning, the < conditions iu Cook Strait had altered but i little 1 . The heavy south-easterly sea, assisted by the gale, continued to roll 1111- ' musingly through the Strait, and also thundered 011 to tho shores and rocks of tlie East Coast. As the day wore on tho l-ain, which tell in showers, became, much : lighter, thought ships arriving reported that it was "very tnick" in the Strait. The wind also cased oif a little, but not sufiicicntly -to allow the shipping traltic ■■ to continue without interruption. Yesterday morning the German tramp , steamer Barenl'els steamed up the harbour, and berthed at the .lervois Quay Wharf, two days late from Napier. According to her officers, the gale experienced 011 the run trom Napier to Wellington was as heavy as she has yet met with 011 the present cruise. The vessel left Napier at about (i.20 p.lll. 011 Saturday last, and alter rounding Capo Kidnappers, she ran right into the thick of it. She received a severe buffeting, and was tossed about by the seas like a cork. 111 2-t hours she made only 37 miles, this showing that the weather must have been extremely bad. All .Monday night she rolled about head to sea oif Ponearrow Head, waiting for dawn, and although sho was going at full speed, she made little or no headway. "Bsyond the fact that tho vessel experienced a rough time, no damage of any description is reported as having been done. The coastal steamer Huia, which had been sheltering off ths coast to tho north of Tcrawhiti, arrived yesterday from Wanganui. The little vessel received a rough handling, but behaved well. The ferry steamer Maori, which left Wellington- at S.lO p.m. on Monday, did not reach Lytteltoii until some time after 0 o'clock yesterday morning. Presumably she iiad a rough time in Cook Strait. After seeking shelter in Tory Channel for some hours, the coastal steamer Rip-ple-returned to Picton yesterday afternoon, and will probably continue her journey to 'Wellington as scon as weather 1 A heavy sea was running off the Heads last' night,, and the weather was very thick., BARQUE FETCHES LOOSE. (By Teleiraub.—Fres? *s!ociotion.) Napier, April 8. A violent southerly brought up an unusually heavy sea, the wavc3 _ breaking over the* parade. parapet. Shipping is considerably - disorganised. The barque Albert, moored, at the inner harbour, broke adrift, and crashed on to tho trawlers, doing much damage. Tho weather is now clearing. Napier, April 8. Tho storm which has been raging hero for the last two days somewhat moderated this'evening, but still a very heavy sea was rolling in, and at high tide tli-e waves wero continually dashing over tho breakwater and Marine Parade. Shipping operations wero practically at a standstill. The Mokoia, which arrived from the south early in the afternoon,, was unabie to come alongside the breakwater, and. was tendered in the roadstead. Seven, passengers for this port were landed, but none embarked for tho northern journey. Neither inward nor outward cargo could be handled, arid the Mokoia left, for northern ports at 1.45 p.m. She will call, in at Gisborne if possible, but tli's is not hald to be likely. Other vessels in tho roadstead and at the breakwater—lCini, Karamu, and Whangape—have been compelled to put out to esa, and aro standing off until the sea moderates. SERVICES SUSPENDED. ■ . Gisborne, April 8. The heavy southerly galo continues. Shipping has been entirely suspended.. Snow fell yesterday. The GisborneNapier ferry servico, which has proved a great boon to business people here, will be continued by the 'lakapuna till the end of May. OCEANIC BOAT HOVE TO. Auckland, April 8. A wireless message was received last nigi t by the Zealandia, bound from ( Suva to Auckland, from the Oceanic Steam Ship Company's Ventura to the efl'cci that that vessel was hove, to in a cyclone 50 miles off Lord Howe Island, -which is about GCO miles N.N.W. of Sydney. The Ventura left. Sydney on Saturday fo-» San Francisco, via Pago Pago and Honolulu.