A RAGING STORM

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 7

A RAGING STORM

SHIP BATTERED IN ;.' )' TASMANSEA , DfeCK SMASHED IN FOUR' PLACES ;, . . ■.-.'./■" --.A '..■' . >'• CREW'S TERRIBLE. STRUGGLE. (UNITED "PRESS ' ASSOCUTION.—COPIKIOHT.) ; (Received-, 18th June, 9 a.m.) . ; ■ , ' SYDNEY, This Day. The sailing vessel Sandvigen (a ship of 1900 tons), which left Sydney on: 10th towed by the steamer St. Vincent de Paul, for Noumea, experienced the full force of the cyclone vr'ilch .swept the Tasman Sea,last week, arid narrowly escaped disaster. Both yes;s'els have returned to:port. The Sandyigen's main hatch and galley were stove1 in, and the vessel was continually awash, and the tweuty-two men, aboard had a desperate, straggle with the pumps to keep her afloat. Amidships, on the port-,side' of the deck, securely tied down in a cradle, was a steam tug for use in Noumea Harbour. At; the height of the storm . this '.was. washed clean overboard,, carrying with.it forty feet of steel -bulwarks. .' The. main deck was b.i-ok.en in four .places, and tlirpugh these holes ,a , huge volume. of water - poured into the' ship. Temporary repairs' were effected, .'and it was decided to' return to Sydney. The , Sandvigen. ;had four feet of water in her holds when .she arrived. ■■■-■'„ , ." , ; ,