A BOISTEROUS PASSAGE.
0 ■ • A LIXEK'S EXPEBIEXCE. (By Telegraph —Press Associations , Auckland, .February. U, Tho Boveric,' the Australian mail liner, which has. arriud here, left Apia oa January 31, and soon aftcrnaids encountered a hea\y gale. When four dajs out she ran into; n; hurricane or cyclone. Great feas swept the decks, ai.d in- a delude of rain tho Boienc hove to. All ni?ht tho storm raged and the s-ul was blown to ribbons. ■ Another .which replaced it shared the same fate. The deck cargo had to be freshlj lashed on several occa"nons— a most perilous task with girat bOis swirling acros-. the decks On Monday the hurricane en<lcd, though a strong pale continued. The \ojage was resumed. Tho coal runnini; short, the call at Tonga was dropped. Bad weather continued, and to sa\e the coal it was determined to use up the wooden fittings of the vessel. When all these' were gone recourse was had : to-tho cargo,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 6
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158A BOISTEROUS PASSAGE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 6
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