A BARQUE DISABLED.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES
AT SEA.
IN HURRICANES OFF THE
NEW ZEALAND COAST
PUT BACK TO SYDNEY.
(By Cable. — Press Association.—
(Copyright.)
(Received 10.44 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
The Italian barque Paola Madre, 103S tons, which 'eft for Genoa early last month, has put back in a disabled and battered condition.
She encountered terrific hurricane* off the coast of New Zealand on March 21.
The- boats were washed away, bulwarks and wheel-house destroyed, the steering g-ear injured, and a number of sails lost. The forecastle was flooded.
The men were two and a half daya continuously at the pumps.
A course was made back to Sydney as soon as the weather mode-
rated
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 83, 9 April 1902, Page 5
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