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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3742, 15 January 1907, Page 3

The log of the schooner Jessie Nicol tells a tale of a curious little occurrence, when the vessel was entering Kaipara heads on her last trip from Dunedin, and a heavy sea broke over her stern, and swept her decks. The mate and an A.B. were at the wheel, and they were thrown down by the force of the water, the wheel itself being torn loose and thrown flat. The binnacle was also capsized, and the compass box washed along the deck. For a moment it looked as though the vessel would broach to, but, with commendable presence of mind, the mate (Mr Otto Bauer) and his companion refixed the wheel without losing a second, and brought the vessel’s head up again. When the extent of the damage was looked into it was found that the compass, after being banged against half a dozen obstacles, was all right, not a glass connected with it being cracked. The only man hurt was the cook, who was the only member of the ship’s company who made any effort to dodge the inrush. He climbed up on a boom and received a contusion. The Jessie Nicol left Kaipara for Wellington on Christmas day, and excepting for a stiff sou’-wester which made it advisable to shelter in Port Underwood, she hadfigood weather all the way.