WANGANELLA DELAYED
Stormy Weather In Tasman Press Association —Copy Tight. Auckland, June 23. Having encountered a storm in the Tasman Sea the Wanganella will arrive to-morrow, a day late, from Sydney. In a radio message from tho Wang»anella Captain Jones states that the ship has been battling against headon seas, and a 75 miles an hour gale since Sunday. The Wanganella was compelled to reduce speed to five knots for 40 hours. The trip was the roughest for some years.
The storm struck the vessel at 5 a.m. on Sunday, 80 miles oft’ Sydney, and continued at 75 to 80 miles an hour until noon on Monday. In the the afternoon the wind cetased, leaving an exceptionally heavy swell. The Wanganella was pitching very heavily and shipping a good deal of wfcter forward. The weather to-day is relatively calm, but there is still a bad swell. Few of the passengers were in the dining saloon until lunch yesterday.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 455, 24 June 1937, Page 6
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158WANGANELLA DELAYED Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 455, 24 June 1937, Page 6
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