H.M.S. Calliope Safe in Sydney
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright, (PKB PBEBB ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, April 4. Arrived — H.M.S. Calliope, from Apia. Captain Kane, when interviewed today, stated that the only chance left for the vessel was to go ashore on a fairly safe spot near where the Olga was beached, or steam out of the harbor in the face of the gale. He decided to adopt the latter course. Immediately after the anchors had been slipped and a start made for sea the Calliope rose clear on end, and made a terrific plunge down. It appeared quite three or four minutes from the slipping of the anchors until the Calliope began to forge ahead. Captain Kane states that while his engines were going at a rate capable of driving the ship 15 knots in ordinary weather, the headway made was only three-quarters of a knot. When steaming at 60 revolutions she struck the Vandalia full on the quarter, doing little damage. In passing the Vandalia, the Calliope had to go within 5 feet of the reef. At this time there were 60 men at the wheel. It is estimated some seas were folly 40ft deep. It is now stated that every vessel had steam up 12 hourß before the hurricane came.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 116, 6 April 1889, Page 2
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