Year
1937
Description
On 21st November in gale force winds, the screw steamer SS ‘Lowana’ (built Glasgow 1924, 3021grt, 334ft [102m]) hit the jetty 18ft (5.5m)t from the end, snapping 60 feet (18m) of pylons and moved the jetty head 8ft (about 2.4m) out of position. Timbers were split and railway lines bent.
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