IN THE GRIP OF A HURRICANE
WAVES SIXTY FEET HIGH COLLIER KOROMIKO'S ROUGH EXPERIENCE By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, May 3. The Union Company's collier Koroniiko has arrived at Lyttelton irom jNowcastle alter the roughest trip she has. yet experienced. She left Newcastle at niidday on Friday, April 27, and on the Saturday ran into a gale. On Sunday morning the gale had increased to a hurricane, and the vessel was shipping seas iwe und aft. About C a.m. a link iu the steering chain broke, and the vessel lay helpless for two hours while a new link was fitted. Monday saw the hurricane even worse than on the previous day, and the vessel seemed to be travelling in the path of a cyclonic disturbance. She was hove-to for twelve hours. During this time the vessel was rolling and shipping seas continually. The waves were estimated at CO feet from the base to crest, and a liberal ooating of salt up to the top of the vessel's funnel is evidence of the severity of the gale. On Tuesday the weather moderated slightly, and eomo progress' vraa made, although the. vessel was still running in a heavy beam sea. On Wednesday the steering chain again carried away, and the vessel was again hove-to while repairs were effected. Th» wind, getting easier the Koromiko made Cook Strait
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 187, 4 May 1920, Page 6
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