THE GALE
COXS[I)BRA.'I»IiB DAMAGE DOXK. By Telegraph.- Per Press Association. Wellington, 'Last Nigh:. The gale which raged o»?r Wellington yesterday readied its maximum a little before lriUnl/'iit, when ihe wind j.tta.ned a velocity at times of sixty miles an hour, . A ;?ood deal of damage •was done, fences 'b.-ing blown down, the electric light, and telephone wires disorganised, an,! in wine eases iron was ilfted off rjofi The shipping amjo'-ed :n stream got .r. ll tossed about, 'but all cannie 'through iin?<-nthed!, rac'ept the schooner Falcon vrhich dragged lier anchors and drif ed some distance till brought lip nour on- of the coal hulks Some small steamers were reported to hfive sought, shelter at various point-i ilun,' the Cook Strait (oasts from t ! i.« fur* of i'hp wind which swept through t'!.■ .nrait.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 3 November 1914, Page 4
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133THE GALE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 137, 3 November 1914, Page 4
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