WANGANELLA’S ROUGH TRIP
DAY LATE TO AUCKLAND [United Prejs Association) AUCKLAND, 23rd June. Having encountered a storm in the Tasman Sea, the Wanganella arrives to-morrow a day late from Sydney. In a radio message from the Wanganella to • the “Star,” Mr Colwyn Jones states: “Battling against head-on seas and 75-miles-an-hour gale from Sunday, the Wanganella was compelled to reduce speed to five knots for forty hours. The trip is the roughest for some years. The storm struck the vessel at 5 a.m. on Sunday 80 miles from Sydney, and continued at from 75 to 60 miles an hour until noon on Monday. In the afternoon' the wind eased, leaving an exceptionally heavy swell. The Wanganella pitched very heavily and shipped a good deal of water forward. The weather to-day is relatively calm, but there is still a'bad swell. There were few passengers in the dining saloon until lunch yesterday.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 June 1937, Page 6
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