A TERRIIC GALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3830, 11 June 1891, Page 2

A TERRIIC GALE.

VMMIS AahOM. f OallMit Conduct of t o*w> ''jj

[Bt Telegraph.]

(Per United Press Association.) "J SjjpNire, June 9. A terrific easterlpfyle is blowing, and a fearful sea is running along the '.. coast. Five coasters have been driven , ! ashore—the schooner Bertha, and the '1 ketches Sea Nymph, Georgina Davis. -"\ and Jessie Sinclair, at Trial Bay, and • -'.£ the schooner Venus'; at Bellinger • : J Heads. The crew of the steamer a\

Venus were-*een clinging to the ratlines of the wreoked vessel, and the

pilot crew gallantly pat off from the |§J| shore in an endgAjgr to effect their Up§ resoue.-.' They. j|JPunable, however, \%s \to reach the vepsel}- and returned to \M the beach. Shortly afterwards they. *|> made a second attempt to get along* .",K side thtrschooner., AJolegram re- ,'W ceived from Bellinger Heads late this evening states that the crew of 'the •■•'.& Venus have been brought ashore in •"$ safety, but it is not known whether their resoue was due to the second , : Sv esßay of the pilot boat proving suooess*'' fuL No definite information is yet to ■v >3 hand regarding the crews of the other ,"$ vessels, but from the nature of Trial • i & Bay it is anticipated that the men. \*i& have escaped with their lives. Cabin '% fittings, which have been identified M'->Hj& thoße belonging to the steamer Tara- %]Wi mung, have been washed ashore. , ''*'fii May 10. -:'\m The heavy weather appears to be;X#ffl passing towards New Zealand. -' ;,3h|JS In the • second attempt the - pitotfffH crew were .successful in rescuing ItJ^'paM the steamer Vencs. A gale of unprecedented swept over the city yesterday, considerable damage. , The sea over the esplanade at Sandgate, flood»«B fag the houses to a depth of a fooVfffH Heavy rain fell over the generally.-', v ;*' ? ' ; sfß The Glanmire and Great mines at Gympie are flooded, and 300'$!w men are rendered idle. ■ • ;£ fl