THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S ACCOUNT.
The first enginear of the Perthshire gives an inteiesti.ig account ot the attempts to repair the shatt. The day atter the bieakage the piopeller wab secured with cujjiis. Owing to the drineulty ot lepaniug, it was decided that it \wib pimeiabie to wait for passing steamers. Meanwhile, he removed the stem tube, and lound that the bmtkage was at the after line. Atter they liad got the ends together they had luiieii trouble, and they slipped several times, lie states that when the vesstl was picked up everything was working smoothly. The engineers were of opinion that they vsoiudhave had no difficulty m leaching port, and were greatly disappointed at being picked up alter having had so mucii trouble in iKing up the broken p.ut&. While the repa rs weie pioceedmg the engineer had bcarcely two hours 1 sleep a day, and baiely took time, to eat their meals. Ihey considered that it therepa,ns had been taken in hand at iirst, instead bi wailing ior steamers, they would have been finished by ALiy y.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 22 June 1899, Page 4
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178THE CHIEF ENGINEER'S ACCOUNT. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 11, 22 June 1899, Page 4
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