A HOME STEAMER DETAINED.
~;;;,'/LIST TO STARBOARD.' , j.Mild escitement was; cawed on the whafl on, Saturday'..- by. the/Customs officials, not. allowing ;tho Federal-Houlder-Shiro Line steamer'Morayshire tp-oleavo port,, as they. stated 1 the 'vessel' 'hadi'a"heavy 'list- to; stari boards 1 She was : in rpadiness to. set sail for , -, ilbiifo, Video.and.■iWßs^'.Cq.ast:United King*dom .ports', when "■ th'e .-iifj't •.steps were taken by* the. Officials to'; prevent her departure;. Her' of sailing was accordingly posU j'pohed till yesterday,.to allow an attempt to be mado to right the vessel. ' This was acicompliahed successfully by putting more water into her lower ballast tank. It had. l; the. effect of .bringing tho.vessel almost to a vertical posjtion,; and .she left tlio harbour at..1.30, p.m.'.iOn her. long voyage, everything being pronounced''in: good .order.■.' Tho captain of the Morayshiro denied that sho had any,"considerable list, a'iid asserted that he had 'seen vessels with far more. He also, was of/opinion that a.fewdays at sea would have pufliced.tb right her. through adjusting the Also in any case there was no fear of; the class of cargo on board .being likely to shift. ■ , :.;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 414, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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180A HOME STEAMER DETAINED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 414, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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