ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 8 May 1907, Page 7

ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA.

NEW ZEALAND VESSELS DELAYED. A BARQUE IN DISTRESS. By Telegraph— Association.-Copyright. i'J', '.. . (Received May 8, 1.52 a.m.) L ■ Sydney, May 7. The, Constance Craig from Hokianga, the Daniel from Kaipara, the Mayflower from Gr&yiriouth/ and the Maroro from Auckland, have arrived here. All report delay owing to stormy weather in the Tasman Sea.' ' One of the Maroro's crew, named Petersen, fell-from aloft into the sea, fracturing his thigh. 'He was rescued. \ The -Northern Chief, which left Newcastle on April 30 for. Auckland, .put into Sydney to-night in distress. A heavy gale was raging off the coast: The seas swept the deck and flooded the cabin. The J captain -arid mate were below at the time, j and had an exciting experience in getting free of the wreckage.; The vessel sustained 'Other damage, and the captain decided to put in for an overhaul. EXPERIENCES OF A DANISH . 'BARQUE. , " [BY TKLEGR.VPH.—rRESS ASSOCIATION-.] • Dcnedin, Tuesday. The Danish barque Ingebong has arrived after a passage of 119 day's from Marseilles. The Ingebong left Marseilles on January 6, and met with a heavy gale on the first day out. The gale lasted two days, and during that time the vessel's foresail was carried away and her two lower topsails and jib were split. Her cargo shifted slightly, giving the vessel a. list to port. Then followed a long spell of fine to moderate weather.' Later on another gale set in, during which the barque's fore-topgallant sail and mainsails split with the fury of the squall. The Snares were sighted on May 1, and the vessel : arrived off the'. : .heads on Saturday last, but was blown off, the land by a heavy south-easter on Sunday. She managed to get near enough to signal for a tug yesterday morning. ■ ' " J ' • . "■ The Ingebong is a smart-looking craft, and' is commanded by Captain Smith, the crew being all foreigners. She brings a full cargo of tiles for discharge at Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The vessel has been chartered to proceed, after'; discharge, to Newcastle to load coal for South American ports. .■ .. ■■■ -.. • ii