THE SOUTHERLY GALE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 373, 26 April 1910, Page 5

THE SOUTHERLY GALE

HEAVY SKA AT NAPIKK. A MAX DROWNED. By Telegraph- Press Association. Napier, Monday. A phenomenally heavy sea is running in the bay, and the Tarawcra, from north, is holding oil', pending its moderation.

Mr. Oeorge Duncan, single, a«ed 35 ■was swept oil the breakwater wharf hy an unusually large roller and drowr ■(!. Two Harbor Hoard employee-,. Han on and McAllum. were caiiirii't liv ano • r roller whilst going to Duncan's re- e, and were severely injured. The sea is the heaviest experienced here for nmnv years.

Napier, Last Night. (.eorge Duman. the victim oi the drowning fatality at the breakwater this, morning, was f„ r a considerable time eaietaker of the North Egmont Monatain Douse. After having that position io joined the t!ii,;:ens' Life Assurance Company ;ls ,-an\.,,.5,.r for New Ply. mouth, and on r. -igning that .position came to Napier, wh.ro ] R . resided up to the tune of hi> death. ■

SCHOONER DRIVEN* ASHORE. THE VIiKW SAFE. ~ . HMiorne. Monday. It is reported from Tuparoa that'the schooner Oreti. late Wan,tab, bound from Auckland to Osborne, was driven ashore in „ ga le. The ( ,cw are safe, and the vessel is h,l,Vvcd to be unW .lured. The wires are ,l, wn , and no further particulars are to hand A tremendous sea is running along the East Coast. The steamers Tara?vera| S* -a»t Cape at 11 a.m. ou Jnday an Pangatira. from Auckland, e esterday afternoon. havo - not yct ' put m an appearance here. They am Pn»b»l,l <v standing out to sea til the weather moderates. ~ Tll «-e has been a slight washawar on tilt railway line near tlisborne whn'rf

Oisborne. Last Night. ' At he latest, the gale here is abating and the sky is <■!,,,,i„g. The schooner "roti is ashore at Tokomnni. not at Inparoa, as announecd earlier.