ROUGH WEATHER AT THAMES.
AN UNUSUAL SCENE. By Telegraph—Press Association. THAMES, June 26. A most unusual scene was witnessed at Thames this evening. The wind rose to a gale, and lashed the Hauraki Gulf into a seething mass of huge waves, which broke along the Thames foreshore, doing considerable damage to the stone embankment and wooden structures. Several yachts were damaged, one being smashed to pieces. The tide being abnormally high, together with the heavy sea, blocked up all the drain outlets of the town. The water washed up over the footpaths at Grahamstown, and a portion of the town was practically isolated. The Miners Hall, where a company was appearing, was surrounded by a sheet of water eighteen inches deep. Ladies had to be carried to the hall on men's backs. The rest of the audience had to be taker in carts to the door, where planks were laid for over an hour. The hall was surrounded by a large laughing and bantering crowd. The tide was the highest experienced in this district for many years. No reports are yet to hand from the outlying districts, but it is believed that considerable damage has been done.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 27 June 1907, Page 5
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197ROUGH WEATHER AT THAMES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 27 June 1907, Page 5
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