ROUGH TRIP
THE WANGANELLA
DAY LATE TO AUCKLAND
(By Telegraph—Press Association.! AUCKLAND, This Day.
Having encountered a storm in the Tasman Sea, the Wanganella arrives tomorrow a day late from Sydney. In a radio message from the Wanganella to the "Star," Mr. Colwyn Jones states: "Battling against head-on seas and 75-miles-an-hour gale from Sunday, the Wanganella was compelled to reduce speed to five knots for forty hours. The trip is the roughest for some years. The storm, struck the vessel at 5 a.m. on Sunday 80 miles from Sydney, and continued at from 75 to 60 miles an hour Until noon on Monday. In the afternoon the wind eased, leaving an exceptionally heavy swell. The Wanganella pitched very heavily and shipped a good deal of water forward. The weather today is relatively calm, but there is still a bad swell. There were few passengers in the dining saloon until lunch yesterday."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 147, 23 June 1937, Page 12
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