SCOW PORTLAND ENCOUNTERS BAD WEATHER.
TOWED INTO PORT WITH MIZZEN AND MAIN-SAIL LOST. Exceptionally heavy weather was encountered in Palliser Bay on Sunday night by the auxiliary schooner Portland while on her return from Foxton to Wtellington, and her mizzen and mainsail were carried away shortly before midnight. As the schooner was unable to make any headway with her auxiliary motors, she signalled for the assistance of a tug. The harbourmaster (Captain J. Dawson) received the message at an early hour yesterday morning from the signal station of Beacon Hill, and the Harbour Board’s tug, Toia, in command of Captain Campbell, left at 2.30 a.m. to take the vessel in tow. A search was made in Fitzroy Bay, and the Port, land’s lights were picked up about 11 miles south of Turakirae Head. The disabled vessel was taken in tow at 5.30 a.m., and arrived in port at 9.45 a.m. without incident. Apart from the loss of her sails the Portland sustained no damage, and will leave Wellington to-night for Foxton.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3840, 4 September 1928, Page 3
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171SCOW PORTLAND ENCOUNTERS BAD WEATHER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3840, 4 September 1928, Page 3
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