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A ROUGH VOYAGE.

NEW PLYMOUTH TO AUCKLAND. . A STORM-TOSSED STEAMER. ' One of the worst- sufferers of the rough weather lately experienced on the northern coast of New Zealand was the little steamer Wallsend, which arrived at Auckland from New Plymouth on Sunday morning. After discharging a cargo of phosphates from Sydney the Wallsend left New Plymouth on Tuesday with the intention of loading at Tauranga and then proceeding to Auckland. Directly after leaving the Taranaki port the steamer encountered the full force of the gale. Being only lightly laden she rolled and pitched badly, and at times the screw was racing violently, owing to her stern being lifted out of the water. On Wednesday an enormous wave struck the stern of the steamer and did considerable damage. The hand-steering wheel was smashed, :.he stern 'ight was thrown up into one of the ship's boats, and the steam pipes were carried away from their stout iron brackets as if they were paper. The same wave broke the door of the engineer's quarters, flooded them, and stripped the wooden lining from the walls. The contents of the room was soaked, and the engineers had to put up with wet clothes and wt bedding, as no other accommodation could be found for them. The chief engineer "was coining on deck from the engine room when the swirling waters caught him full in the face. Fortunately he had the presence of mind to hold fact to a rail, or he would have been thrown down into the engineroom. Only very slow progress was possible, and during the height of the storm only 13 miles were traversed in four hours. After rounding Capo Maria Van Diemen the sea found its way into the fresh-water tanks, and :is a result, when the vessel reached port, the crew were running short of water. Captain Reynolds, who hns been in command of many oversea vessels, described the voyage as one of the worst he had ever experienced, and compared the weather with that encountered rhen rounding Cape Horn.

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Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 2

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A ROUGH VOYAGE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 2

A ROUGH VOYAGE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 2

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