BORN EN A STORM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 432, 24 June 1922, Page 5

BORN EN A STORM.

A MOTHER’S FORTITUDE. TRIALS ON SCHOONER. Many are the trials and privations of a wife who elects to accompany her seafaring husband on his voyagings in a windjammer. The mate of the well-known schooner W. 11. Smith was in Sydney recently and told of the fortitude of the wife of Captain Jensen. . After the schooner left Sydney all went well until the Coral Sea was reached. Then a frightful storm broke over the ship. Fierce gales and heavy seas broke over the vessel, and in the midst of the tempest a child was born to Mrs Jensen. Although the skipper could hardly be spared from duty on deck, ho attended to his wife. Subsequently the crew rejoiced when the captain reported that, in spite of the gales, both were doing well. With the passing of the tropical storm canto stifling heat, and for tho schooner remained motionless. _ Not a, breath of air stirred. In tho cabin where tho mother and child were the atmosphere was intolerable. . Captain Jensen had an improvised fan, constructed of sail, attached to the top of tho cabin, and night and day members ot the crew took it in turn to fan the pair. As speedily as the elements permitted the W. 11. Smith made port so that supplies of milk and requisites for baby could ho replenished. . , Mother and child are still on board tne W. 11. Smith, which has left the Solomons for ’Frisco.