TRANSPORT IN DANGER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1345, 9 January 1915, Page 4

TRANSPORT IN DANGER.

SAVED BY A MIRACEE. In a letter to some friends in England a member of the Australian expeditionary force writes: “The most exciting part of the voyage was when we and six other boats that were short of water had gone ahead of tb others. I had a touch of the measles, and was lying asleep in the hospital. At five o’clock in the morning I awoke. There was a crash, and the ship shivered. A huge boat lit up appeared alongside. and I saw men running about her decks. Two white guns were staring up at me, and my first thought was that we had been captured by the Germans. Then I saw her stern swing round straight for our stern, and I understood it was a collision. One of our lifeboats was swept off like matchwood. God only knows what happened to her bows. “The bugle sounded the alarm, the crew rushed up and lights were flashed everywhere. A nurse rau up on deck. The bugle sounded the advance, and the companies came up in perfect order and put on lifebelts. We soon hoisted the signal that no material damage bad been done. The retreat sounded, and lights flashed across the sea everywhere. The other ships then formed a semicircle around us. “The cause of the collision has not been officially announced, but neither ship suffered much. A cruiser passed us, and a few minutes afterwards swept alongside, when the captain megaphoned to our captain that it was a miracle that neither boat went down.”