THE HANDA ISLE IN HEAVY WEATHER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 223, 18 September 1894, Page 2

THE HANDA ISLE IN HEAVY WEATHER.

The schooner {Handa Isle had a „rough passage across Ifrom the Thames (N.Z.) to Melbourne, says the "Sydney Daily Tele-, graph." Captain Robinson reports that following the I departure of his schooner from that portion the Bth ult. a period of. particularly dirty weather was at once encountered, in consequence of which ib was found necessary bo run back to Auckland. Three days later—viz., on the 11th August —a fresh sbartwas made, and meebing with lighb variable! winds until reaching the Norbh Cape on the 14th, the schooner subsequently follf in with -a series of violent gales, accompanied by terrific squalls, the wind blowingl alternately from the northwest and west-south-west. The worsb of bbc weather was not experienced, however, until the 29th ult., when in latitude 37deg 57min south and longitude 153deg 18min easb, a tremendous soubh-wesberly gale struck the vessel, and several heavy seas breaking over her carried away three of the deck cargo lashings, arid, shifted the cargo, a portion of which had to be jettisoned in order to secure the remainder.' This work, which was a-complished whilst a greab sea was running proved both difficulb and dangerous, but forfcunabely the weather moderated sfton afterwards, and during the remaining few days of her run to Port Phillip Heads the schooner was attended by light breezes and showery weather.