SYDNEY STORM ABATING.
MOERAKI SEVERELY HANDLED. £y Teleerapli—Press Association—Copyrigit • v ■ (Rcc.f JjUly.-17, 9.25 .p.m.) ... Sydney, July 17. , The sea ha 9 moderated, and shipping has l«sumed.'.<u*y 'The, Union 'liner Moeraki had a roiigh passage from Wellington; Her wireless apparatus was carried away, and her carpenter had a narrow escape. A huge sea washed him off the deck, but ho clung to tine rails, although he was so, severely injured that he had to bo taken to the hospital on tho vessel's arrival in port. '
(Kec. July 18, 1.15 a.m.) . .Sydney,' July 17. . According to the passengers, the Moerakihad a very rough time. Mountainous seas broke aboard, damaging some of the fittings and smashing crockery. Mr. Studhoime, of Canterbury, fell, dislocating his elbow, a,nd a number of other (■passengers received minor injuries! .
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1495, 18 July 1912, Page 5
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131SYDNEY STORM ABATING. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1495, 18 July 1912, Page 5
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