SEVERE GALES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 22 January 1884, Page 2

SEVERE GALES.

Another storm of oxt},aqrtjiij.^pj r violence was experienced yesterday. Tho moderate southerly breezo which' 1 ; experieuced on gradually i -freshened towards midnight, the sky I lit tii& ftjfjp time becoming overcast, yesiipfday tljere was' ■ •no;indioa|iori of very 1 "At, M'lojif,'hofeyer, ''the barometer %%><* f steady rain • M.in- w'mh# to pp? B»$ by. 1.0 ..o'clock it \vasbjop)ga . furious gftlo from ill? S.E. TJjis was • accompanied- by heavy sod pinterrupted rain, which made outdopp life . e»dingty..unpleasant j indeed, no .one ventured out of doors except on urgent business, Movements among shipping were entirely suspended, and riot a single vessel wa? seen working ' her hatches, as the torrents of rain • fequld'havo inptantly soaked everything tliiij; 1 'to water. I)ue pre,cautfonV')|avjng' been fakon,! t])ere \vas 119. ifcciileiit .a'ir}ong",'the #Ppl!}g ftt thfi wjiarvps, ai)d all . .4°.- boats moored in the harbor had also escaped Injury, bq ; far- as wo Qould.asoei'tain last night. About 5 p.m. the wind suddenly shifted to S;W, and blew with redoubled force, the harbor for a time, having the appearance of a large snow drift than that of a land-locked' sheet of water. Sfp jr.jj.in.- direction of the wind : •Vas koff 'dif'e s.Quffi. ' Poxtpn coach j;pac}jecJ to\vn in ■' feppß.ti.iig ;bac) -wqatljei? all along Jhe : coast jioftflwshasljee)) received frpm the ! country districts] tljero iff, hgwgvar. 1 every likelihood of all rivers bpiqg | bank high this movning. : Apparently ] the storm is raging all over the colony, ' and there is only too much reason to 1 fear that almost incalculable damage ] has been done to ripening crops, 1 Tjjje barometer, which at midnight ] of the pl} pcgi§te|#(} bad fallen ( p.m, it read 29*10. Since then it has 1 been very sensitive, with a slight up- 1 ward tendency, the midnight reading ] being 29*18. ' . 6 . At two o'clock this morning the f wind had slightly moderated, and ap- c peared to be drawing away somewhat 1 -to the' westward, T}js rain, however, j was coming' down Wavier than' ever; j while the glass, though still unsteady ] was about the same as it stood at mid* c night, ' [