*=*roarTr private letter received yesterday from an -.fficer of the Adamant, we learn that that vessel expenenc-d a terrific gale from ot&e, T NyE., which lasted three days, on the from Nelson to Newcastle, throwing * ifee vessel on her beam ends, shifting the -l»laat,»nd carrying away three a&rbuds of the wither main rigging; all bands being t s#}p*Wjor eight hours trimming ba!Ja>t t'» get the. «hip upright. The La Paix encountered tii9 same gale, but fared even worse, having oloftjher iarpenttr,-who, when stowing sails -aloft; fell overboard. .The La Paix sighted two barques and a brig dismasted.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 252, 23 October 1874, Page 2
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97Untitled Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 252, 23 October 1874, Page 2
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