ULMARRA SAFE

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 4

ULMARRA SAFE

LATE ARRIVAL) AT SYDNEY,

(Australian Press Association.)

V { SYDNEY, July 10. Tho steamer Ulmarra crept into port at 7.15 a.m'., to-day. > , - 'Hie South Head Signal Station repcrcs t.iat the Ulmarra ran before the gale to ‘seaward, since then she ’ had not been sighted. The ..naval destroy-: eif'“Tatoo," had been.;, searching all night long, far out to ,sea. She has iK-w been recalled. . The nc,\s of tnc Ulmarra’s safety has gnen tremendous relief, as shipping;JJ:eircles had given up hope, although it regarded as strange that there was no wreckage along the coast. i - ' Vl : .

Captain William Buckingham, when interviewed i-aid that the vessel struck the ful j fury of the gale only , four miles off Sydney Heads on Thursday afternoon, when the main condenser discharge pipe . broke. The 'vessel hove to and it became necessary to run befoYe the gale on the starboard tack. Repairs were not completed until Friday morning, when it was found that the vessel’s position wias 130 miles south east of Sydney, but they ; were never in grave danger.

They were unable to communicate because they possessed,, only an antiquated receiving set, wherefrom it was ascertained that grave-fears were entertained for the crew’# eafety, and that measures' were being taken to trace them by sea aqd air. / \ “That’a' aili that worried us. We were conscious how. our relatives must have felt but all’s wellftfia^'inds