A ROUGH VOYAGE.
Per Press Association. . , . Auckland, July 10. Advice received by the steamer Atua from the islands is to the effect that the local three-masted schooner Tsabell (Captain W. Itoss) encountered the cyKoue which recently caused the N'avua lo return to this port, and sustained damage more or less serious. The Ysabel lei t Auckland on June -22, and when .ibout six days out encountered terrific weather. The sails were clewed, and it was soon apparent that the little vessel was at the capricious mercv of the stum,, which lasted for several days. lII.' \sabel was hove to, and to increase he buoyancy of the vessel, Captain bossed the whole of the deck car«o consisting of about 3000 feet of timber, jettisoned. Huge seas broke all round, uid a considerable quantitv of water louud its K-.\y on deck, where everything aiovao.e was picket up and carried over" •>oaru wln.e the bulwarks suffered considerably, some ten feet being torn away. Alter the storm subsided, the Ysah'el was put upon her course, and readied Sukualola on July iith. The Vsabel was still at Nukualofa when the Atua called on (In. lath i„st.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 July 1907, Page 2
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191A ROUGH VOYAGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 July 1907, Page 2
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