GALES IN ATLANTIC.
LINERS' STORMY PASSAGES. DAMAGE FROM HUGE SEAS.
A. and N.Z. NEW IORK, Aug. 26. Five liners brought stories of one of the most terrific storms for many years in the Atlantic Ocean. On the Martha Washington 500 passengers were ordered to stay below decks, while the ship tossed like a rowboat in mountainous waves. Five passengers were slightly injured. Some passengers prayed when the lifeboats were smashed and the ventilators hlown over. The wireless apparatus was wrecked and the radio operators climbed the masts and effected repairs, with ropes around their waists to prevent them from being V/anhed overboard. The freighter Vanderwale sent, a message reporting that her lifeboats and deckhouse had gone, also that the captain had two ribs broken, and the mate was injured. The passengers on the Maracaibo once gave up all hope of reaching land. They praised the skill of the captain in navigating the . vessel to safety.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19727, 29 August 1927, Page 10
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