HEAVY GALE ON THE COASTS
• •I . i ■■■ ■■ ' • / ■ STEAMERS SEVERELY BUFFETTED. IBy Teleeraph.—?resß' Association.) ' Auckland, June ,26. A number of vessels which have arrived at- Auckland during tho last couple of days report that a heavy gale is blowing on both coasts. The Island steamer Talune, which arrived last evening from tho Eastern Pacific, and-the liner Delphic, which also reached port last night, rail through an exceptional-. 'ly heavy gale, approaching hurricane force, before entering .thb Gulf. The cruiser Philomel, which returned this morning from a search,for the missing fishing boat Andrew, 'also reported that the weather,on the coast was exceedingly boisterous. ' Tho Government steamer. Tutanekai, which expected to reach port this morning from the Cook Island group, is evidently being delayed by the storm, and is not expected to arrive beforo to-mor-row , morning. ■ , '' . . The smaller coastal craft are also somewhat disorganised by the - high wind 3. and seas. Tho' Wairaea, which arrived at Onehunga this morning, had a very exciting time when crossing into tho harbour. • A mountainous sea was running, and huge waves swept tho deck of , the steamer,' the' vesscd'e cabins: being flooded.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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185HEAVY GALE ON THE COASTS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2187, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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