THE WAIMATE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 16

THE WAIMATE.

ARRIVAL I?; THE THAMES. (IT.OM Ot."R OVTS COREKSrONDENT.) LONDON, .Tair 10. i Tsu> VToimai* Has arrived in tfje Thacics, ' it seems, chiefly by reucon cf the eicrtiona of her own crew. "Waen tho fire breko out, 700 niiles west of tbo Horn, the vessel vaa . :n a very dirty break of weather; in fact, j tho day of tfic outbreak was the rou-ghesi > of. the whole voyage. Smoke was first been issuing from the \ientijat:n|f ehaft as it ; iisually doce from a vessel's funn«is, and the cat-tain xeaiised »t once that it was a fight I for life No help could possibly be looked foi ' on the Pacific eide of the Horn, , and it waa a undextakinj to push the reasel thiougd to M.onte Video, tho first port -where there ■sraa a reasonable hop« of getting efficient sesietance. Fortunately there were Clayton Sre extingushens on board, and tho crew turned to and worked like Trojans. ileanwhile the i engine-room did ite beet to iriciman speod,' but tae e&gisoe heated, and for xazna hours '- tho vessel had to lie to in the heavy eea to allow things to cooL When ai length Port i Stin«v, in the Falkland lelande, vu readied, hoeee were obtained from the ehoro, bat aeVaal work of fighting the fire fell aa before on the Cbytoa extinguisherß. The arc was, however, got iir.iiei, and the damaged •waa tiirown overboard. After bpecdin? fcur and a half cays ia Port StsnJpy the Waimate was able So psl to eoa a.72in, and make ior Hoc'o Video. Thotcc the vr«ut to Tcceriilo, acJ iLnali.-

to the Thanxxs. The company fcavo >iar.dsomely acknowledged th« efforts of tlio iiivn in putting out the lire. Their losa oth«rw.so wouid-have bocn iieuvy; for, as 1 stated l«----(orp, pbc waa an o.d vessel, and had been on irregular runs, and tho iiiscraiicoa were not so comprehensive as 13' usuai.