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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 April 1926, Page 6

OIL ON THE WATER. At this time darkness was falling and we signalled with a hand Morse lamp to inform the Roosevelt that a boat had passed across our bow with one man clinging to it. The Roosevelt made a sweep round our stern to leeward in the direction of the drifting boat. Darkness set in. and the Roosevelt hove-to on our weather side. In the early morning of Tuesday, the 26th, we Morsed the Roosevelt to pour oil on the water, as our list was now 30 degrees. This was done and proved of great assistance. At 10 a.m.j the Roosevelt commenced attempting shooting lipes over to us, but no success. The starboard bunker hatch had been broken in from about I o’clock on Monday morning, and flooded the bunker, stokehold, and engine-room, and there was great difficulty to keep it battened down on account of the heavy seas. In the afternoon of the same day the Roosevelt tried to drift a lifeboat towards us. This went past our stern, and we were unable to get hold of it. In the evening the Roosevelt blinked, W e must wait until weather moderates.” To which we replied, “We will wait until weather moderates, thank you.” The Roosevelt blinked, “Will you be able to show light tonight?” We replied, “We unable to show any nautical lights to-night.” Roosevelt blinked, “Can you keep afloat until weather moderates?” We replied. “Captain says it is doubtful.” Then the Roosevelt blinked. “We are doing everything - we can. but impossible to send a boat in this sea.” We replied, “Yes, we know that, and are very grateful to you.” DESPERATE! SITUATION. Later we Morsed, “Listing iikirheavily and shipping more water.” At midnight the Roosevelt blinked, “\Yili float you a boat; be on look-out your stern.” At five minutes after midnight. we blinked, “When are you going to do it?” Roosevelt blinked, “Have heaving lines ready; we are going to launch a boat soon.” We replied, “Shall we row towards you or away to leeward?” At 1 a.m. Roosevelt started to trail boat around us in an endeavour to manoeuvre it within our reach. It proved unsuccessful. The condition of the Antinoe at 3 a.m. was thirty to thirty-five degrees listed starboard, starboard bunkers .Hooded, and about eight feet of water in the stokehold and engine-room. The crew were now exhausted, due to loss of sleep and nourishment and exposure to the snow Our stores had all been ruined by salt water for the last four days, ana the situation was becoming