A STORMY TRIP.
(per press association.!) Auckland, February 28. .On fche trip from Auckland to Fiji, the s.B. Arawata met with a rough experience. Near fche and of her voyage on the 16th inst,, when within a couple of hundred miles of Suva, she encountered a strong N.E. wind, whichsfreßhened as the day went on into a furious gale of such force that Captain Smith deemed it expedient to heave tha vessel to. Sea after sea broke on board and played havoc with the livestock and Icargo and everything movable on deck. Many of, the sheep were washed across fche /decks and sqccucubed to the severity of the \yeather, Bcuple N>f horses-belonging'to ’Sir John Thurston Were*'also Ibßfc.U The ! > gale fnoderated oh the morning of ' the 18th, and the steamer was able to continue her voyage and reach Suva. ’ ' s’ - -
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 940, 7 March 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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139A STORMY TRIP. New Zealand Mail, Issue 940, 7 March 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)
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