FURTHER DESTRUCTIVE TIDES

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 837, 18 July 1871, Page 2

FURTHER DESTRUCTIVE TIDES

On Sunday night, and again yesterday morning, the sea made further iuroads upon the beach, the force of the surf heing mainly directed against the end of Palmerston-street, and to the north of it. A building on the eastern or inner side of Gladstonestreet, and flanking Palmerston-street, had to be hastily removed to avoid its being carried away, and about sixty feet of beach were carried away, the tide at high water now reaching to within a few feet of the Gaol. The premises recently occupied by Mr Hay, provision dealer, remain standing, though completely undermined. Yesterday Mr Brown removed a small shop occupying a site in the centre of north Gladstone-street, and purposes re-erecting the same in Lytteltonstreet. The premises were in no immediate danger, but the proprietor regarded as certain the speedy annihilation of that portion of the town, and decided upon a timely removal. Up to the hour of going to press the surf continued to dash violently against the beach at high water, inundating Palmerston street and the vicinity, and with the prospect of the boisterous weather and increasing tides for the next few days, further loss of property appears inevitable.