URALLA BEACHED
AFTER BATTLE WITH STORM.
WHICH LASTED ALL NIGHT. THE CREW SAFE,. • nit-r-d Press Association —By Eleeirio Telegrapli Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.45 a.nr. to-day. SYDNEY, June 16. Captain O’Bpirne, in an interview, tol d how tile. Ural la had 1 weathered the fearful gale off Sydney Heads on Wednesday niicht, blinding. rain ,ruining v’ i.s-il>iiiiv tli'rotijpjhou t> t-hie whole ni«lit. A terrific sea overwhelmed the UraLlu early in thp morning when off Newi sis to and smashed the steering gear. Captain O’lfcirne decided to Iwach the vessel rather than, risk being! driven on the rocks. He manoeuvred) with the twin propellers, keeping the vessel from getting broadside on, and was able to make for the bench, where the ship was lying with its back broken.
'Flip lifeboats were carried away. The crew would be able to walk ashore to-day at low tide. All other shipping has been accounted for. except the Canonbai*. en route from Brisbane to Sydney. Site lias no wire.lesisi apparatus, and should have reached Sydney yesterday. She mnv stilt be running before the gate. which is. moving seawards.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 June 1928, Page 5
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184URALLA BEACHED Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 June 1928, Page 5
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