PERILOUS EXPERIENCE AT SEA.
Many a good ship has been lost by the cargo shifting, and the experience of the iron ship Blythswood, which recently arrived at Sydney from Bio de Janicro, will not bo forgotten by those on board, as showing how a fine vessel may be imperilled by the Budden movement of her ballast. It was off the Leuwin and the ship was struck by a sea. She lurched over to starboard, burying her lee rail deep in the water. It was towards midnight, and simultaneously with the violent force of the giant wave there was heard a fearful noise below. This proved to be the mass of boulders in the ship's hold rolling over to leeward. An attempt was made by the whole crew to throw the ballast back to the weather side, but they were uunble to work with any appreciable effect owing to the position of the ship. By careful handling the captain got her before the wind and sea, and after a desperate effort the crew trimmed the ship into an upright position i
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 131, 7 August 1895, Page 3
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