A Steamer m Distress.
yn i'Sn-lilili called the Pacific 'pu^o&Sosea (1^ tbi Sidney Morning Herald' W*r cifcuinstarices not' often heard of. 1 "thie story is that, when ostensibly everything was m readiness for a start -, it was first discovered that * there was no water on hoard, and afterwards that there was no coal. These two necessaries haying been supplied, a TfitartwMmade,' the vessel being bound ': J foe jfebane' Water. After a time^the "engineer" announced that his steam* , power was insufficient to make way 9 againsf tho north-east wind; and it was * agreea*. after consultation, to turn back, This was done, but m a little while it appeared that, the vessel was unable to 1 "gdeven with *be wind. To^ake^atters worse, there were no sails, paddles, * or anjthing else "on board to make her , move. Bh'e began to takeiri water, and there were no buckets to bail it out ; she began to drift, bat there was no anchor, no cnains to check her. The ship lying like a log on the. sea, passengers began to look fcbbuf for * commißsariat ; but thero%as ; none, inottevea a little fresh, water to drink* Then it occurred to themfhatin their peril they must hoist i signals of distress ; but the means far that also were lacking. 1 * Rather an nnpleasant p6sitionridr the passengers we should iniagmW 1 L"
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 105, 11 April 1883, Page 3
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222A Steamer in Distress. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 105, 11 April 1883, Page 3
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