HEAVY WEATHER
SERVICES DISORGANISED,
WORST FOR, THIRTY YEARS
(Australian Press Association )
SYDNEY, March 29.
A wireless message from the Marriwah states that the vessel is proceeding slowly under her own power to Stanley, seventy miles distant. The weather is moderating, and all are safe.
The worst weather for thirty years is reported from the north-west coast of Tasmania. There has been much damage to roads and houses. Along the shore, the railway and telephone eommunioatiouis airo disorganised. A repetition of the flood of three years ago is feared.
. MARRAWAH’S ROUGH TRIP. (Received this day at 9.25 a td) ' MELBOURNE, March 29. The steamer Marrawah has reached Stanley, in Tasmania, and the crew and passengers are well. The Orama arrived from Adelaide after being tossed about like a cork in heavy seas off Cape Otway, the ship rolling at twentytwo degrees. h 'The furnishings in > the lounges were damaged, and the passengers bruised.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1932, Page 5
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152HEAVY WEATHER Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1932, Page 5
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