STORMY PASSAGE
VESSEL DAMAGED. fßy Telegraph — -fr*** a Moctatio*.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. The steamer Nairnshire, .which arrived* here on Saturday afternoon from Liverpool, experienced a severe hurricane on. November 19th and 20th. A week after leaving 'Capetown hugeseas broke on board, and flooded a great part of the ship, especially the steerage quarters. There were-forty-nine passengers in the steerage, and these lost most, of their .effects. The women and children were moved to the saloo.ni. Considerable damage was done to the vessel's fittings, and temporary repairs were effected at sea. A seaman, named Stuart, had his thigh broken, and the carpenter was severely bruised by falling from n derrick', whilst a greaser had his wrist crushed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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116STORMY PASSAGE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 16 December 1912, Page 5
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