THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, March 11, 1552. The Gale of Saturday.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 84, 11 March 1852, Page 2

THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, March 11, 1552. The Gale of Saturday.

Throughout the whole of Saturday, we experienced one of the severest gales that have occurred since the year 1840, when several vessels were driven on shore at Coromandel. On Friday lUtenK'on, the wind, havii." hauled round, commence d b!o*.?ii g dieadily at K. iS'. K., incieasiig gradually iu niijhi lill, when it si ttle'l into n li.ird gale accompairtd witli furious squall", interniiugleil witii rain ; and the follouing mornii'g, as day wore, the strength of the gale greatly increased, Fences weie laid prostrate j young treesund ornamental shrubs had iheir brhncins torn oil', or cLe were violently uprooted. In the harbour, considerable dainaLO ensued. The American whaling ship 1 Lion,' having paid out a long range of chain, rode out'the gnle in peifcct security. Much damage however, we regret to s.iy, took plate among our Colonial small crafl. The cutler ' Shamrock ' 14- tons, the propei. ty of Mr. A, Waibrick, drove from her anchors nlon'i&ide ilie Victoria pier, wln-ie she btcame a total wreck. Her cargo, which consisted of limber, was saved. Another cutler filled and went down in Oflieial llay ; —fortunately !-he did not rmivo any muteiinl damage, having bten lott high and dry at the tali ot the tide. A cargo boat, belonging to Mis, Osborne, was stove in Commercial Hay. A boat ut about 10 lons, the properly of Capl- lr.-wing-ton, also received a great deal of damage ; she whs eventually hauled up, otherwise she must have gone to pieeis. Numerous boais aud punts, which had Misi»incd much damnge, y/erc only saved by having recourse to sinnl„r measures. A linlive cralt, the 4 Queen of Makctu, belonging to a chief named Tolii, was washed alongside the Queen-street Wharf, where she was beaten to piece?. In Fiirt-street, much damage has been done —the pathway having been washed away, a'lU the hotel piers u good dial slii.ken. The violence ol the wind aud sea may be imagined from the fi.ct that the spray actually broke over some of the houses o:i the lieaeh. Wc have not heard of any casualties on the coast ; but wc far such n furious storm did not pass by without leaving some unhappy records of lis visitation.