TOSSED LIKE A CORK.
STRUGGLE WITH SEA. THE MANAWATU'S BATTLE WITH THE RIP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, Juno 16. The whole of the population of Portsea, on the shore of Port Phillip Bay, turned out to watch a thrilling struggle made by the small steamer Manawatu in a gale off Port Phillip Heads. The Manawatu had the alternative of facing almost certain disaster in the living gale if she proceeded, or of returning to Port Phillip. The latter course was decided on, but those on board were appalled when she came to the Rip (tho .entry to Port Phillip, 1600 yards wide, . through which tho tide rushes with great velocity). The Rip was chopped up in great perpendicular whirling walls of wator, rising and falling from enormou6 hoiglits. Slio was tossed nbout like a cork, with the water, crashing all over her. However, she gained shelter. Foj'ty sheep wero killed or drowned. Tile vessel was uninjured. [The Manawatu was for a long time in New Zealand, ami at one time flew the Union Company's ilag. She is a steamer ot' 183 tons, gross, built in 1873, by H. Nicol, o{ Auckland. She is now registered at Melbourne, and belongs to the Coastal Steamship Proprietary, Ltd.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 5
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205TOSSED LIKE A CORK. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 845, 17 June 1910, Page 5
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