Image TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage Tile
Image size: 7168x10240 Scale: 35% - PanoJS3
Page overview thumbnail

Article text

STRONG GALE AT FREMANTLE
South Beach Damage
High winds 'and frequent rain ' squalls
which set in early last night atFreman
tle grew in intensity this morning unti
they assumed.' the proportions of a strong
gale. The- barometer fell steadily dur
ing the night, and throughout to-day the
reading has been very low.
On the waterfront, the conditions wcro
particularly . uncomfortable and work . 011
most- ox tne vessels m rort was suspend-,
ed before midday.- The only listed depar
ture was the City of Sparta for Singapore
but that vessel's sailing time has- been
postponed to '6 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing- -.;'.--? , .''?'?? i. '
Electric wires are down- m a number ?
of streets and the lighting system-oftho.
town has intermittently failed to-day. . At
12.25 this^ afternoon the Fire Station ic-.
ccived a callto ^a'dry cleaning, establish-.
ment in - Adelaide-street where ^electric
-yires had fused inside the building, but.
practit'ally no damage was done. .. ., ., ?
The oiily reported daniagc to properly
?hasibeen at South Beach; which,- again had
!tb. bear, the full force. of the gale; '
s ; The sea wall which sullered .severely
rduring last1 winter's ? storms ? was/ further
(damaged, and the work already .'d/ine - tb
ivFards ? rc-coudi tiou ing . lias , been washed
;away in places. The bandstand on. tho
.promenade near the hydrodrbme had
iie'ai4y;'collaV)sed this afternoon, and \t
?Syas.f eared it nijght be washed' into the
??'&&&''? T/;'.';-- ?'????' ??'???' '?- n^.
r^W% ? : -???-;.- ? ???-.- ??????? '?? 'V&
$