A ROUGH VOYAGE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 160, 4 July 1918, Page 4

A ROUGH VOYAGE.

MARAROA'S PRO'LONGED TRIP,

Only the fringe of the gale thaf is raging on the East Coast touched Wellington on Tuesday, says the Dominion. The seas broke with the greatest fury along the coast line, and the. tempes't w:k so fierce that the Union Company's i'cr:•steamer Mararoa, which is rioted for U« regularity of her arrival at either Lytle!ton or Wellington, was considerably delayed on the trip from Lyttelton. Captain J. Spring-Brown, master of the Mararoa, told a Dominion representative that the trip was an' exceedin"-' rough one. Lyttelton was left at 6. "5 p.m. on Monday, the usual time, but owing to the wind, the rain, and tli.v mist,, progress was very slow. The .*<••'. was running exceedingly . high,-and tl"-? •ihip was continuously being swept by U.' Water made its way to the firenit- '.*

Quarters., which at the end of the trip were flooded. The stewards' storenvvn olso was washed out, and in some' of the passage-ways on the lower dovk<.-, pools of water collected. The- 'Mnr." ••■■.-: did not make for shelter, but was I—t battling along, and she berthed at Wellington at 4.55 p.m., .about ten hours overdue. The passengers, however, among whom were a number of recv its, appeared to be little the worse for thoir unpleasant trip. . ..."'.'. Although her arrival was so late, fho Mararoa sailed on the return trip at 9 o'clock last night.- ■';..'■