SHIP IN HURRICANE
Holmglen Battered bv Raging Seas 75-HOUR ORDEAL (Hr Telsrrsph—Prs«» Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, With most of her portholes stove in, the starboard bulwarks crushed and all loose deck fitting carried away, the coastal motor vessel Holmglen arrive! at New Plymouth this morniug after weathering the most severe westerly hurricane that has ever swept New Zealand coastal waters. *”1'116 Holmglen left Wellington o.i Thursday night and had to fight raging seas for 75 hours before she covered the 173 nautical miles to New Plymouth. By Friday afternoon ihe Holmglen was battling against the combined force of mammoth seas an-1 a tearing hurricane. Every wave swept over the vessel’s deck, which was continually awash rail deep. Laden heavily, the vessel was almost dow-> to her marks in water, and every crashing wave jarred her with its impact. The stoat glass of the port holes was broken and bunks were flooded. The deck cargo was continually shifting and loose fittings were carried away bodily. It was almost impossible for the crew to move from one part of the ship to another. The most serious damage occurred when the star board bulkhead was stove in and severely damaged.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 119, 4 May 1936, Page 7
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196SHIP IN HURRICANE Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 119, 4 May 1936, Page 7
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