DANGERS OF THE SEA.
A CATTLE SHIP IN A GALE.' - (Received June 12, 1 a.m.j SYDNEY, June 11. The steamer Maroc, which left Newcastle, on Friday for Noumea, with 160 bullocks and 150 sheep, put back to Sydney to-day. , , The 'vessel had a terrible time in a galb.. She ran into bad weather about twenty miles.from land and was knocking about hove to most of the time. Tlie deck fittings", and skylights were damaged, two boats and a deck-lio'use containing-all the, pro visions were washed, away,. tlie- cabins and engine, room being also-flooded. The vessel was only saved by continuous pumping. The sufferings of thdse- animals which were battened uown’below were fearful, they- being horribly smashed and mangled by the rolling of the ship. -Altogether 125 cattle and 40 sheep were washed overboard or killed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4074, 12 June 1900, Page 5
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