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Thread ID: 143792 2017-04-10 09:16:00 Who remembers the day the Wahine sank? lakewoodlady (103) PC World Chat
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1434022 2017-04-11 01:51:00 No I was 1 and in England Neither do I, I was still 25 years away! pcuser42 (130)
1434023 2017-04-11 08:07:00 That night I was in Edgecombe, doing a computer upgrade and got trapped by the weather and the stuff it threw at the roads. R2x1 (4628)
1434024 2017-04-11 12:05:00 I was a soldier in Burnham Camp. Two members of our team actually sailed on the Wahine from Lyttelton to Wellington that night. We took them to the boat to see them off. I remember someone yelling out, "I hope the ship sinks". Next morning we were in shock when we heard that the Wahine had sunk. Our mates both got off safely. A few days later I had to go to Trentham to join them on a course. I remember coming into Wellington and sailing past the wreck. Bobh (5192)
1434025 2017-04-11 19:27:00 I remember someone yelling out, "I hope the ship sinks".Please could you get whoever it was to yell me a couple million dollars? Greg (193)
1434026 2017-04-11 19:33:00 I drove North up the Desert Road that day. About the strongest wind that I have been on the road in. I sure would not have liked to be towing a caravan it was hard enough to keep my car on the road. CliveM (6007)
1434027 2017-04-11 20:03:00 I was in North Canterbury trying not to be blown over by the wind. Marnie (4574)
1434028 2017-04-11 20:52:00 I was on a block course in Petone the next week so went out to see the Wahine.I was18 that year lakewoodlady! Neil McC (178)
1434029 2017-04-11 20:53:00 We lived on The Terrace at the time. Not just on it, but right at the top opposite the Salamanca Rd turnoff.

If folklore is to be beleived she was pretty windy, and apparently my 2-year old butt was upstairs and somehow I managed to open a window in the toilet. The old man came in just in time to see it rip from the hinges and fly across the city towards the harbour.

Apparently he was uphappy about it.
allblack (6574)
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