At the Mercy of the Waves
'Per Press Association.) CHUISTCriVHfII, Nov. 2". The Tautuku, small scow which left Dunedin on Nov. 16 on a return trip to Tautuku, on the Clutha River, arrived in the stream at Lyttelton on Thursday night, after being the plaything l of the wind and waves for ten days. After clearing the Otago Heads t'Jie vessel drovo before a southerly gale for s)ix days and became unmanageable, and then another wind took the scow 70 miles to the east, and the crew of three was in sore straits till a northerly breeze brougii&jShe craft to Lyttelton. There was plenty of food abo&rd fend the continuous work at the pumps was the chief discomfiture.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 257, 28 November 1903, Page 3
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118At the Mercy of the Waves Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 257, 28 November 1903, Page 3
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