A PERILOUS VOYAGE.
[*T TEI.EORAPH.] Wiilington, To-day. The steamer Tarawera, which arrived hare at 5 o’clc ck this morning from Na[ ie'.’ after a passage of 41 hours, encountered very heavy weather. A strong S. E. gale WAS blowing when she left Napier at 12 15 on Sunday afternoon, and on Sunday night, about 10 o’clock, the steerage smok-ing-room was struck by a sea and smashed lip pieces. The end of the purser’s cabin was stove in and considerably damaged, the glass front of the lighthouse on the port, side was driven in by the sea, all the winch steam pipes forward were torn from the decks'and twisted in all shapes, and tile, forward skylight was stove in. One Qf -the electric lamps and a part of the woodwork round the poop were carried tway* ' The engines were kept slow most qf ,the passage. The iron plates covering t|ie;Ateam pipes were broken into pieces. e..,“ 1
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1093, 6 November 1883, Page 3
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156A PERILOUS VOYAGE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1093, 6 November 1883, Page 3
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