GALES AT SEA
STEAMERS ROUGHLY HANDLED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, liny. 14. Steamers arriving at Auckland to-day report-very rough weather, on the coast and in the Tasnian Sea. The Indralema, from Brisbane',- averaged only 5 knots for the voyage. She shipped heavy sea's, and when off' Cape 'Maria "-the" steering .chains carried away, and the -vessel drifted for an hour until repairs were effected. The Wallsend, from New Plymouth, also had a tempestuous passage. On Wednesday- a heavy sea struck the ship, smashed the hand-steering gear aft arid flooded and ripped the .lining from the engineers' quarters aft. ' • The Wan-iuVco, from Napier,: had to . put out to aoa when discharging at that, port, and.brought on GOO tons of Ha who's Bay cargo to. Auckland. '
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2771, 15 May 1916, Page 7
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124GALES AT SEA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2771, 15 May 1916, Page 7
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