ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A MOTOR-GOAT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1944, 30 December 1913, Page 7

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A MOTOR-GOAT.

VOYAGE FROM I'JiNZAXCE TO HUDSON'S BAY. A motor-boat, fifty-seven iVot long, I has crossed from Penzance to Fort Oluircliill, liud'son's Bay, Canada, n distance of about 3000 miles, in charge of Captain Xilson and four men, after an eventful journey lasting thirty-four (lays. In a narrative which iias readied Queeiistown describing the voyage, Captain Nilson stated that live days after leaving t'ennance. the shaft of the propeller was bent during a storm, and the engineer tried to repaii it by standing on a ladder put over the stern, but as ho lmd to work in tbe sea and the boat was rolling heavily he did not succeed. In very had weather a course was shaped for'Grccnland, but 110 harbour could bo entered as the whole coast was icebound. Sliinvstorms were frequent, and it lieeamc necessary to put out sea anchors. ' In Davis Straits icebergs surrounded them and navigation was very difficult. In a blinding blizzard the boat was beached at Port de Perriere, Canada, where the shaft- and engine were repaired and the fo ir men had a miK-h-needed rest for a few days. After crossing Hudson's Ila.v in dense tho - motor-boat finally reached Fort Churchill, where she. was given over to the