LASHED BY STORM.
SHIP S TERRIBLE ORDEAL
QUARTERS FLOODED FOR DAYS
MELBOURNE, Aug. J 3
With rusted hull, battered by mountainous seas which lasted for a fortnight, the New Zealand Company s steamer Huruhui has arrived from Liverpool. Deck fittings and a companion ladder were’ washed, overboard during a storm which .struck tho ship after .she left South Africa, A lifeboat stove in, the deck cargo shifted, and was damaged; the crew’s quarters were under waiter for days, ami the officers’ cabins were Hooded. Water even invaded the master s quarters on the bridge, and poured down gratings into the. stokehold, So heavy were the .seals that oil was poured on them.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 August 1925, Page 9
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112LASHED BY STORM. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 August 1925, Page 9
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