SONOMA IN A GALE
SOME DAMAGE DONE
(By Telegraph;— Press Association.)
. / AUCKLAND; 29th January. On; the second night out from Suva tho liner Sonoma, which arrived today, shipped some particularly heaVy ; seas, which did considerable' damage on tho foredeck and smashed th<y forward rail of the promenade deck flat.
''Some cabins were flooded and, generally speaking/ things were in a bit of a mess," said:on© of the officers on the arrival of the ■vessel, two hours late, to-day. '
Two heavy seas appeared to have done most of the damage, one- green wall of water reaching as high as the navigating bridge. . Fittings were carried away and several windows on the starboard side of the main deckhouso were smashed. Tho usual run of the Sonoma is some 350 miles, a day, but one day this was 'reduced to 241 miles.
Engineering finds employment for 50,000 women in. London alone.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 15
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148SONOMA IN A GALE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 15
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