VIOLENT STORM

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1933, Page 5

VIOLENT STORM

SWEEPS OVER BRITISH ISLES

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, January 2

A fierce southerly gale is raging in ph:( 'North Sea, being particularly severe on the east coast of Scotland.

Th/3 Aberdeen trawler Venetia was lost with all nm e hands, near Stonehaven, to-day. A violent . s torm swept ove r Ireland, Western England and Scotland, during the week-end. In Valentia (.reland), the force of the wind rose to over 90 miles per hour, in gusts, in one of which a sprtad of 96 miles per hour was attained.

Great damage was done to property in Southern Ireland, and th e heavy rains caused rivers to overflow theii banks. Sea walls were damaged in various parts, and sections of the railway lines in some places were torn up.

GALE DAMAGE IN SAMOA

APIA, January 2

There has R n a strong gale, with high seas and heavy rain, for the last twenty-four hours. It still blowing hard.

The barometer is low. The wate r supply is temporarily out of commission. Th e banana crop v.'U probably bo damaged considerably. T’.i?re are no reports otherwise of any serjouß loss.