BARQUE'S THRILLING VOYAGE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 96, 13 October 1911, Page 7

BARQUE'S THRILLING VOYAGE

XO FOOD PR SLEEP FOR 70 HOURS.

The French mail steamer Pacifique, I which lately | arrived in .Sydney from ; Noumea!,' brought news of the arrival I there on September 2(1 of the French I barqne^Brcnn,-1050 tons, after uudergo- ! IWs<ywa..tioilal-.-(ipisodcs on her voyage h frpni. (,'nJaisß..- Heavy weather struck the ve.ss.pj on .'(August 15, when she was in east and 39.45 south- She w,;us. almost'at once on her licamI.,finds <i ,j»nd..sl)jßvffiniaij]ed in that position i for, two >l«vkj' w As she rolled her main•yards. dipped ; tlie. water. Her sails were ca,rried, a)vay/ the boats smashed and j w:ashc.d..i).v.e,r))oard i and the flying-bridge >lsp ■wasWd.oyerboard. The galley-door and.-titl.iii.gs,, after being smashed.' were .scatterwi bcfoijf the gale. During the . nig.]jt yi .August Hi most of the crew coiild ,m»t.gcti,aft, ; The master (Captain Le Fallec), Ujiujj (illicers were practically imprisoned 0 % ,the'poop. and unable to attend; to. liny, duty on .deck. For. seventy had any food n'r ti %A l1 *■rW , T(I" , IWP'P,R on tf> ropes, as the only means of'saving their lives. In this effort. oiifl_Frenc.li A.B. named Roberts, agcyj.^vypafl*,-....was mwiccessfill. He was waslu'd jivcrboard and lost. The vessel's lee-rail,,was under water the wlVofe .jof 'this dreadful night, and the 'eabf/is JWrV ; ! repoate'dly awash. The 'lircaTving'p'f the'steering-wheel , lm i f nlme ; left pVehankie ('piite unmanageable. The! cbinnass a,pd chronometer were also dam- j iig'ed. Searing .Norfolk Island, on Septeliiber"l'7; iihptW. gale was passed] thHiugh; Ut' i)ii this occasion, Hie vessel (fimage, Tt took all hands !i 'wecji.'fti'cjiy'ct.. temporary repairs.