STORMY VOYAGE

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 January 1939, Page 10

STORMY VOYAGE

SHIP BXCOUN'I’KHS GALE. ]l'E.li PRESS ASSOCIATION.J NEW PLYMOUTH. January 18. Buffeted, by :t gale reaching 100 miles ait hour and lot. :etl by itioitnlainnim seas, tile phosphate- steamer i'olz< 1!:.', took 39 hours from AVanganiii roadstead to New Plymouth, a distaitic: of I')6 miles. When she reached port Ihis inot’tiing her boat covers •.■(■re lorn le shred.: and tarpaulins split.

AL one stage hc.r t-peed was roduceil to mie and a half knots al full steam. The gale and seas carried her off her i;(>t;i e. no thal the first landfall after leaving Wanganui was on tile coast of thu South Island. The Polzella was nine days out cf Auckland, and reached Waiiganii; on Thursday. Because of the- storm she was unal.de to work in the romlsicad there, and iei't, for Nmv I ’!.'. inoi:til.

When i’ne ship was at Wanganui her or board anchor and much of the chain, were lost. The crew had not ■seen fresh food since Thursday; but. i'icre was ample.- waler and tinned loud.. The Polzella. bunkered at .Auckland. but the. battle with the gale so exhausted her supplies that she has coal enough for only about three days’ :• teaming. MOT (J GHELTEIIS. AUCKLAND. January 18. Aller meeting rough conditions on the West Coast on the voyage from Hokiauga to o’iehunga. the auxiliary motor-vessel Alotu rounded North Cape and arrived this morning in the shelter of Mangonui.