Ship in Distress.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43099, 1 June 1907, Page 3

Ship in Distress.

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. (By Telegraph—-Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. The sailing ship Glenlui, bound from Adelaide to Conception Bay, on the "West Coast of South Africa, with a cargo of 24,860 bags of wheat, was sighted from Cape Saunders shortly before one p.m. on Thursday, makingfor Otago Heads, under shortened sail.

The vessel was then ten miles to the south-east of the cape, and was making slow progress. When the Glenlui was some six miles off she signalled for' a pilot and the tugboat Plucky at once went out to her assistance. The ship was found to be standing in under a lower foretops2il and lower maintopsail ahd staysails. The Plucky immediately took her in tow,' and a signal was made to the heads for the services of a second tug, which was ;aken on shore 8s an indication that something was seriously wrong. ■ The tugboat Koputai steamed rapidly out from Port Chalmers, and went to sea, and assisted' in towing the vessel in to the heads, which were reached at half-paßt eix p.mIt was ascertained that the vessel had 3ft of water in her hold, and that she had fallen in with a violent westerly gale when off the Snares on Monday night.

During the height of the gale the mate was washed overboard and drowned and tbe ship’s sails were torn to ribbons. The mate’s name was Jones, but his Christian name was not ascertainable. He was shipped on the vessel at Adelaide. [_/. The vessel was brought to port on ■ttiursday. She left Adelaide oh May it is probable that as much of khe cargo has been damaged by water ■he will have to discharge at Port Chalmers, and will possibly go into Hock for repairs.