The south-west gale which blew yesterday was the severest felt in Lyttelton for years, and said to surpass the storm of last June, when the mishap to the barque Bells occurred. The tug was in readiness early this morning, and employed to keep the vessels at the outer anchorage along the pier, No damage to the shipping at the wharves and breastworks. The Margaret Galbraith. Western Monarch, and Magellan anchored and rode the gale out in safety. It was most severe from Saif past twelve to two yesterday. The sea breaking over 40 feet high at the North Head.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1084, 22 March 1880, Page 4
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