A STORMY VOYAGE.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Nai'lbk, Wednesday. The echopner ."Heroine," 122 tons, Captain, Mason, with iron : bark piles, arrived from Sydney to-day after a most tempestuous' voyage. She left Sydney pu August 2nd, and hqi heayy gales to £ape paljiser, which she ygnncledon the 13th. The gales and heavy seas continued and tli» vessel began to make water. She to driven 69 miles past Portland light, and on the 20th was in i very dangerous position. In the ivenirig the foremast and topmast ii'ont oyor the side, along with the iibboom,'.;.A little later the tillw
was carried away and everything on deck was washed; overboard, the fresh water being spoiled. A jurymast was rigged when the gale abated, and with a temporary tiller, the "Heroine" finally succeeded in making the bay this morning.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4812, 30 August 1894, Page 2
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134A STORMY VOYAGE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4812, 30 August 1894, Page 2
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