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Press Association,
Wellington, Tuesday,
The steamer Tarawa which arrived here at 5 o'clock this morning from Napier after a passage of 41 hours encountered very heavy weather. 1 strong S.E, gale was blowing. She left Napier at 12.15 on Sunday afternoon. On Sunday night about 10 o'clock the steerage smoking room was struck by a sea and smashed to pieces, The end of tho purser's cabin was stove in and fittings considerably damaged. The glass froiits,of: tho lighthouse on the port sido was driven in by the sea j all tho winch steampipes forward were torn from the decks and twisted in all shapes, and forward skylight stovo in. One of tho electric lamps and part of woodwork round poop were carried away. The engines wero kept slow during most of the passage. The iron plates coveringsteain pipes wero broken nto pieces,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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143TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 6 November 1883, Page 2
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