PROTRACTED VOYAGE.
BARQUE OTAGO MAKES TO AUCKLAND FOR REPAIRS.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Auckland, last night. Tho barque Otago loft Port Stephen’s on July 24. She had fine weather to Cook Strait, where tho foot of the iron main mast gave way. She ran under easy sail opposite to Lyttelton. Then a heavy southerly gale arose. It was decided to run before the wind to save the mast, and the ship reached the East Capo beforo the gale dropped. Then a north-east wind set in, and the Otago came to Auckland, the nearest port, for repairs.
Capt. Martin, of the schooner Waiapu, reports that when rounding the Bast Capo on Thursday last a vessel was passed going north, signalling that her lower mainmast was sprung. A light southerly breeze was blowing at the time. The vessol appeared to be a barque, with two head sails and three-cornered rnizzen, and was peculiarly rigged. The stranger first signalled “ proceeding,” and afterwards “lowormast badly damaged.” The barque was laden and bound north-west. The vessel sighted by Capt. Martin was evidently the Otago referred to above.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 184, 12 August 1901, Page 3
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