A LEAKY SCHOONER.
j . i CAUSE DU2 TO GALES. j TOWED INTO AI iK LA N'T). Owine lo her being i" a leaky condi- . tion the four-masted schooner lei.lia 'Sudden put into Auckland la.-t evening, j Tho vessel, which is ot wood, and of jii-t-'f tons register. 1-ft Newcastle, under the command of (apt. 11. W. Jay," for I' allao. on the .vest c asi of South ', America, on February Hi. with S4-"i tons ■of coal Meeting with a succession of j gales which were followed by calms the [vessel began to leak, and the pumps I were freely used. Th captain decided to continue the voyage, although the vessel was badly leaking. On February ' 2d, when about "100 miles off l ape Maria j Van Dieman. she ran into severe weather and her leakage increxsine; tbe course I was swapcd for Au k'»c!. Anchor was jdropp.d at the Nuisic- yesterday morning, and later in the day the tug Te j Awiiina towed her into jxirt. : Owing to her condition ihe schooner | will have to discharge her coal and go into dock before continuing on her voyage. Her Auckland agents are Messrs. Heather, Roberton, Ltd. i i
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 5
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197A LEAKY SCHOONER. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 5
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