• The waves which assailed the breakwater at Wick during the late storm •were estimated by the resident engineer at 42 feet in height from hollow to crest. On striking the breakwater they rose to such a height as to pasßS in a solid mass of blue water as high as 25 to 30 feet above the top of the parapet, which is 21 feet above high water, while the spray rose to about 150 feet above the parapet, and was carried by the wind as far as the old harbor, a distance of 1500 feet. These gigantic rollers were observed to strike the pier every seven or sometimes ten minutes, and these shocks were continued without intermission for three days and three nights.
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 673, 12 May 1870, Page 4
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