STORMS IN AUSTRALIA.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 907, 4 June 1903, Page 2

STORMS IN AUSTRALIA.

URUIIOA I.\ SHELTER

A BARQUE IN DANGER. Received 10.23 p.m., June 3. ■SYDNEY. June 2. The gale continues as strung ns ever, and the seas are the worst experienced ior many years, causing a complete block in the trallie. The Ururou, which led Newcastle for Gisborne oil Saturday, is sheltering in Nelson s Bay. Shipping; is unable to enter Newcastle. This morning; the four-masted barque Norma, from Brisbane to Newcastle, was in distress <>lT the latter port. She had both anchors down, and tliev were apparently holding well. A mini her of tugs ventured out, and one got. a line aboard, while the lifeboat put the pilot aboard. The tow-line, however, snapped. When the tug went, out early in the day, it was expected that the Nonna would make an eliort to stand oIT ; hut, amid great excitement onshore, the vessel stood in towards the bar, presenting a magnificent spectacle as she raced forward under short canvas in the high, rolling seas. She began to make leeway towards Oyster flank. The anchors were let go. and the barque was brought up a few hundred yards off the not them breakwater. At. a late hour the tug was hanging on to the Norma.

'The rainfall on the coast ranged up to five inches. Received 1.5 a.nt., June 3. SYDNEY, June 2. The gale shows signs of moderating to-night.. A four-masted schooner was reported in distress at Broken Bay at nightfall. The Aldebaran, from Holuunga, came in to-night with a big list. She. had a tempestuous time.