EXTRAORDINARY GALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1584, 16 January 1884, Page 2

EXTRAORDINARY GALE.

• (.Prom.lhe:iif','2.,Times.);. : '■■ A galo of almost nnprcuendented violence , burst over, the city and surrounding districts about ; 2 a,m, yesterday. ' ' ■ . '•...'. •....

It is almost unnecessary to premise that a great 'deal of damage was done. Every- precaution, was taken on the ; wliaVve,Sw|rcy^ '.'set,JP work|a;t'iii)'p!ii;jy'jiQu'r,'th.p.i)tout -.jxtrndjiiVsers. Only two slight iriis : Jiaps oc'cinr&l at the Queen's Wharf. The.; parted'a single '.hinyser simply through-rolling heavily,anil .the Margnrdt Galbrai'th - carried away one of her mooring chaiiis;'bht •in! b'qtj)' cases .tls damago was made :'gD.o.(l without delay. ■' "''"'■ " • ; ' ■ ;-;:.T||ii)gs looked very gloomy jn/„4he ...harbor, Thii'barrjuo'LoGliCreedragged her anchors for a distance of nearly ; 'three-quarters of a mile, and' brought up within about a third of a mile' of Point jcrniughiini, where there is good holding ground,. Earlyin the morning those' 6fj / bp i 'ai^i^!i ( 3ycd her to be in a criticah..posit[on,:. and |'-' signal far assistance was sent tip, biit'jby ,tho time tlip'tfra'ftqn came to her 'assistance, sue, liad brought up, Tjfc'barque. Anjazon. also shaped a course; (stem fprenjost) towards .Oriental Bay at' an rlarming rate until she got into good holding ground.. Less fortunate was the fore-and-aft aiJiqQner IJno, 28 tons, which. was nn'cljored 'n,ea/tlin'sljp.wjjcu the gale sprang lip, for at low Wflter sj)e appeared to bump heavily in the surf. It has not been ascertained whether she sustained any damage; ! ; ' Four boats'moored'off'the Te Aro 'baths were swamped, and some half •'dozen 'Others lying in different parts of. the liiirljor, shared the same fate, ;.,Instances of damage sustained oh 'shoro yeyy! ] : 'numei'bus,':'. though fortunately jt);,ey, {jayp proofed, on the )Vhole, of an unimpprtanj; considerable humbor. : of chimneys' chimney-ppts-were blown, down, and •fences suffered more or leas in every direction. The Naval Brigade bdatshed on Clyde-quay was partially unroofed,' and portions of the material. were .carrifid ajmost tp, the summit of Mount .Yictom, Ahont' 11 a.m. th9;ye^jj-

dab of Mr Wiggins saddler's shop gave way,'' and fell with, a tremendous crash, im'hibately injuring no one, bnt breakling^windo^'Orth£Bor£lo, Later in ; tlid 3ay ,tlie r a large pane in I Co.'a jewellerfl 5 ; at about |ei]||£Js|: Gise|)|nen.t cement shed ~M was also nnroofed;- 1 -•■.,,.•■».- r One of the sudden gusts caught a •.baker's cart standing opposite the New ■ Zealand.... Times .Office,, and turned .Horse and ; vehicle completely over. To seo slieets of iron flying about the •streets was- by no means : an - ;unfrequent, occurrence^:!iud ;; the .wonder ;k ■that' 1 - they caused ho' 1 serious - accident; There/ r wcnj Tit jnumber of narrow .escapes)! lUr 'Barry of', the firm, of Barry and McDowell, only"' escaping ! being carfiedi ihtoMe harbor; by a. portion- of;the hoarding which sur-'i -*lowti,:|ga'iiiSfc'. the tanks /which have been erected oii the breastwork.