AN ADYENTUROUS VOYAGE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1924, Page 24

AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.

ffor many years a familiar trader between Port Adelaide and Hebarfc was. $he brigantiue Raehe} Cohen, which/ was Melbourne owned. Beyeral ybars, ago she was. sold, and, subsidised, by fie federal Government is, now (doing service pn the northern coast ef Australia. The. Raphel Cohen is flfty-three, years pld, andMiey timbers fire'reported j>q jae in-a goojj 6tate--ol preservation still, Her last trip was from Fremantla, to Dav= win. It \vas, of an adventurous charapr ter, and .lasted three months. On her way to Brobme bad weather was en= countered, and food supplies ran ,9ut. I'ive of the crew of thirteen went on strike there, and were discharged, Un= able to engage more hands, the brigand tine was. compelled to proceed shorthanded, More bad feather was enconn= teredi and the eil fu^l supplies were ex= hausted in the continuous battle against head winds, Oil supplies were no% to be obtained at any of the ports visited, so the sails had to be hoisted, More trouble with the crew was responsible for the loss of a lifeboat at Port Hedland. It was being towed behind, and tha towline parted one night, /tyh 9 n tho Rachel Oohen reached Poi-fc Eedland only five gallons of fresh water remained. The head winds continued throughout the voyage northward, and a,s Ejcmouth Gulf the brigantine was forced to shelter for A week, during which several other small craft in the vicinity were wrecked.