Damage at Wellington.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5001, 16 April 1895, Page 3

Damage at Wellington.

The weather pat a complete stoppage to all outdoor sports. The sea was unusually rough and forbade any movements of small vessels. The Waihora was to have left for Sydney via Northern ports on Saturday evening, but Captain Neville, having horses on board, waited for the weather to moderate. The Taviuni, which sailed on Saturday at 5 p.m. for Auckland and East .Coast, was tho only vessel to leave port, She was 21 hours in getting to Napior. Tho Mawhora, which was to have sailed for Lyttelton with excursionists, could not start; and the Mahinapua's excursion to Picton had to he abandoned, The steamer Rowenn, and tho Government steam launch Pilot are ashore at Kaiwarra, and soveral yachts andsmall craft were damaged or sunk. Wellington, Tuesday. The gale abated to some extent after midnight, but it is still squally and showery. Nearly ten inches of rain have fallen. There were no Hoods in town, and very little visible damage, but houses have suffered inside to an extent unknown bofore, the fury of the wind having forced tho water through tho walls, no matter how stoutly built. There have been heavier rains and fiercer gales, but none can remember a storm so continuously sovoro for three days and nights, for many yoars at least.