STORMY WEATHER.
SHIPPING GET A ROUGH TIME,
By, 'telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright
Received 1.10 a.tn., Aug. 9.
Fremantle, Aug. 8.
Arriving vessels report tempestuous weather in the Great Bight from Friday to Sunday night. The Omrah, battling against mountainous seas, at times found it absolutely im«
possible to make headway. For two days they wore unable to use the decks, whioh were cleared of fittings. Tho cabins wore flooded.
The steamer Coolgardie took ten days to make the trip from Adelaide, and was severely handled. Tho Victoria, from Colombo, experienced fierce gales. Tho decks were continually swept, much damage being done to fittings. Two of the crew were injured.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1528, 9 August 1905, Page 2
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