TUG'S ROUGH TRIP
BLUFF TO SYDNEY YOUNG STOWAWAY ON BOARD SYDNEY, Aug. 24 An unomployed youtli from Now Zealand, who was a stowaway on the Theresa Ward, was handed over to the police by customs officers upon the tug's arrival at Sydney. The stowaway first went on board at Port Chalmers but was sent ashore. After the vessel sailed from the Bluff tho youth was discovered in tho pantry. Tho tug ran into violent storms and tho steering gear broke. The vessel was helpless for five hours and was driven 100 miles off her course. Oil bags were hung along tho weather side to calm tho heavy seas. Captain Cartner said that at one stago he considered running for Hobart, but as he approached the coast of New South Wales the weather moderated. Although the voyago lasted nearly a week, only 40 hours of good weather were experienced. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21579, 25 August 1933, Page 11
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