A HEAVY STORM.
VESSELS WRECKED.
CREWS SAVED. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph Copvriniit, Received.June 14, ? 0.15 a.m. HOBART, June 14. The ketch Priscilla and the river steamer Seabird were wrecked in a heavy storm at Advantage Bay. The crews of each vessel were saved. One hundred thousand feet of timber stacked oh the wharf was washed away. Received June 15, 12.25 a.m. SYDNEY, June 14. The gale did considerable damage throughout the south coast districts. Ac Thirroul the wind lifted a church off its piles, and canted itover. The congregation were inside at the time, but nune of them were injured. MELBOURNE, June 14. The steamer Macedonia, from Adelaide, met the full force of the gale, and bove-to for several hoyrs. Mountainous seas swept over the vessel, and smashed the port holes, the cabins being flooded.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3217, 15 June 1909, Page 5
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136A HEAVY STORM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3217, 15 June 1909, Page 5
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