THE WAIHEMO
V PERILOUS EXPERIENCE
(United Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, This Day
The Waihcmo, with a heavy list to port, steamed to Port Chalmers yesterday morning with No. 2 hold awash. The vessel left Port Chalmers last Saturday afternoon for Nauru Island via Newcastle, and on Sunday, when clearingFoveaux Strait, rail into heavy weather, and a heavy sea came up. ’Having no cargo the position became critical. The propeller was partly out of tlie water. Ineffectual attempts were made to alter the course. Hours passed and Hie conditions did not improve, and late on Sunday afternoon further trouble was experienced. There was a blinding flash of lightning which struck and ran along the aerial of the ship’s wireless equipment, almost blinding the seamen on the deck. Eventually the AVailicmo headed back to Foveaux Strait. Tlie extent of the damage is not known.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 26 June 1924, Page 5
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141THE WAIHEMO Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 26 June 1924, Page 5
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