THE GRACE HARWAR
LONG PASSAGE HOME (From "The Posf s" Representative.) LONDON, 26th September. . Some weeks ago the sailing ship Grace Harwar, unable to weather the south of New Zealand, was diverted by 500 miles and taken through Cook Strait. The ship is now at Glasgow atter a protracted voyage of 138 days from Wallaroo, Australia. She left the Australian, port on 17th April. According to the captain of the ship, the voyage was lengthened by severe weather. He stated that he had been unable to weather the south of New Zealand, and had also bad weather off Cape Horn. The ship had one casualty, and there was very nearly a second. An Australian journalist, Ronald "Walker, who*, in quest of experience, had shipped as aa ordinary seaman) was killed when aloft taking in sail. He was on one of the lower yards when an Ripper yard was carried away in the stress of weather, and fell upon him, killing him instantly. He was buried at sea wrapped in a Finnish ensign in the absence of a British, flag. Later in the voyage a Finnish seaman fell overboard, and was rescued, only in the nick of time, when almost dead from exposure. The Grace Harwar is one of toe few remaining sailing ships of the fleet, which is largely engaged in ths ol* ' trail of the clippers from Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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229THE GRACE HARWAR Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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