THE GALE IN AUCKLAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2135, 10 March 1908, Page 2

THE GALE IN AUCKLAND.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 9. The easterly gale continued without abatement yesterday, and rain fell almost incessantly. It is still very bad on the coast, but local conditions have improved considerably, and the weather has cleared up somewhat, the heavy rain haying taken off, while the harbor .is smooth. Devonport suffered greater damage by the gale than was at first apparent, and from Cheltenham Beach to Stanley Bay the foreshore is strewn with logs and portions of battered boats and sundry other wreckage, and the breastwork and plantation at the southern end of Cheltenham Beach has been demolished, and the trees on the reserve have been undermined, with the result that many of them toppled to the ground. Tho North (Shore Rowing Club’s wooden breastwork, and some 12ft of made ground have been swallowed up by the sea. The Borough Reserve at the foot of the Victoria 'Wharf was converted into a miniature lake, and the firebell tower at the corner of Vauxhall-road and Chufcli-street was blown down. The Zealandia, which arrived from Gisborne last night, experienced very thick weather on the passage, but as the heavy gale was blowing in her favor it. did not so much affect her, but the thick weather greatly embarrassed the navigation staff, who had a very anxious time.

All other vessels experienced severe buffeting.