MARIE, FROM PHILADELPHIA.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13737, 19 May 1910, Page 9

MARIE, FROM PHILADELPHIA.

j LONG AND STORMY PASSAGE. [ The arrival of a large''sailing ship direct ' from a foreign port is a rare event in Lyttel- [ ton, the French barquo Marie being the first big sailer to make this her first port of call, for several years. Except that tho paint on her hull was weather-beaten, and that batches of ' rust were showing along -the water-line, -there was littlo about the appearance of the J barque to indicate that, she had been 133 days I on tho passage to Lyttelton. ' , 1 Captain Grondin, who is quite a young man, and who has been in command of the j Marie for three years, stated that the passage | was by far the worst he hod experienced since Jhe had been in charge of tho vessel. He rej ported that the Marie left Philadelphia on' | January; 4th, and experienced'a long succession of south-east gales with high seas. Tho | Equator was crossed on the 38th day out, and . heavy weather was met with in the ■ South Atj lantic. It was not until the 80th" day out ; that the vessel passed the meridian of the" ,LCap© of Good Hope. After that gorgeous displays of the Aurora! Austrolis wore seen night after night j In the height of a gale on April' 25th a tremendous sea. crashed over 'the rail, carrying tho fore-«nd-aft bridge over the side, smashing the skylight of tho crew's quarters, and doing other minor damage about tho decks. Fortunately no one waa injured,-but the' bad weather lasted until after the Marie had passed the Snares on the sth inst., and had rounded Stewart Island. .There she met with strong north-east winds, which considerJ nbly retarded her passage np the coast, until i Saturday, when a strong southerly came up j and brought the barque within sight of Godj ley Head light, on. Sunday nij-jht, Tho son- ' therly ?ale kept her hovering "about outside until Tuesday evening; when she npproached the Heads, and- was towed in nort by the tuff ! Canterbury. In spit© of the long and trying 5 pa'i-alge'all or board aro well. The Marie is the largest sailing ship that Tins vißited Lyttelton for so*ne years, and lying close to tho other F_ench barque, Jacques, present* a very striking picture. She is in exceptionally jrood order, in s-ite of her stormy passnere. Tlie Mario ii laden with 75 <*oi* ceses of keroßem* and other oils, and will dis'-harg" pbout 35.090 caFe« at Lvttelton. Sho will spil in about ten days' timo for ■ T-UiotHn, where she will finish disoharcrln.". I.Her subsequent movements aro not yet' fixed, j but it is possible thnt she.may be fixed to load wheat.