ALMOST ON THE ROCKS.
PARTING OF THE TOW ROPE. BARQUE AT SYDNEY HEADS. A. and N.Z. '' SYDNEY. April 2. The four-masted barque Janet Dollar, the largest sailing vessel that has ever entered Sydney Harbour, had a narrow escape of being . wrecked off the heads. The tow rope snapped in a heavy sea, and the ship was driven within a cable length of - the rocks before the tug secured a new hold. Only skilful handling Of the ship by the barque's captain and the plucky work of the tag master averted a disaster. The barque was laden with 2,660,000f1. of lumber from America The Janet Dollar is a four-masted barque of 2898 tons, commanded by Captain Arnesen, and, owned by the Robert Dollar Company, of San Francisco.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18364, 3 April 1923, Page 5
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