ROUGH SEAS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 36, 13 October 1913, Page 5

ROUGH SEAS.

THE MORAYSHIRE’S TRIP.

[Per Press Association.] Wellington, October 12. The anxiety concerning the saiety or the Federal Shire liner Morayshire was allayed by the vessel’s arrival in port about seven o’clock yesterday morning. Leaving Auckland on Tuesday afternoon all went well till she passed the East Cane, when the wind and sea increased, till when the Morayshire was well on towards Palliser the wind developed into a gale. At about 8 o’clock on Thursday evening, the steamer was only 40 miles from the port, but, with the conditions dead against her, her progress was greatly retarded. Being a fairly light ship, she rolled badly, and time and again heavy beam seas broke on board. It was between Thursday evening and Friday afternoon that the steamer’s plight was at its worst, she was being buffeted by heavy seas and terrific squalls. The gale commenced to ■‘taka off” on Friday afternoon and enabled a better speed to be maintained. At the same time the tremendous seas still dashed on board and continued to keep the vessel rolling. ,A very close watch was kept for the land lights, and' eventually the Capo Campbell light was observed at 12.15 a.m. on Saturday. A course, was then set for the port, an, Pencarrow was sighted two hours later. It was, however, not deemed advis•ahle to make the port before daytime, and consequently tho ship hovered around outside until about 6.3 D a.m;, when she passed through the heads after a very rough trip, one of the worst during her fifteen years’ service at sea. SMALL STEAMER’S BAD TIME. Wellington, October 12. The small steamer Wnirau, which left Blenheim on Friday for Wellington, had a very rough experience. She was plugging along across the Straits in tho height of the gale, when a heavy sea struck her, about 6 o’clock, on the starboard quarter and carried away about twenty feet of the bulwarks. Captain Deoly then ran for Queen Charlotte Sound, where tho vessel sheltered till this morning, arriving at Wellington about 11.20 to-day. A YACHT’S EXPERIENCE. Auckland, October 13. The yacht Matangi, which arrived yesterday after a thirteen days’ passage from Wellington, ran into heavy weather off East Cape. Tremendous •sons sweeping her, she ran for shelter to Hicks’ Bay which she left next day. Across the Bay cf Plenty, the severest weather of the trip was encountered. Hug? seas broke aboard, and the men below expected the decks to crash in every moment. One sea smashed a skylight ami flooded the cabin. After passing Cuvier, tho wind dropped ami a. fair weather passage was experienced to port. As an indication of the heavy seas encountered, a fish was found in the reefs of the mainsail when shaken out vesterdav.