THE WINGATUI.
♦ UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCES. CHRISTCHURCH, May 7.
The Wingalui arrived at Lyttelton shortly after 4 p.m. '1 be vessel was un damaged except that her engines have bad a good shaking. The after hold was not flooded as reported, this measure being kept as a last resource, Captain Paul was 32 hours on the bridge. No seas had been shipped, the vessel being too high out of the water for that. About 7.30 p.m. on Sunday the captain gave orders to prepare the boats. for any emergency. Until the danger was over it was impossible for the crew to lie or even sit down, so badly was the vessel being tossed about. The ship’s company speaks in terms of high praise of Captain Paul’s seamanship.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3609, 15 May 1923, Page 53
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125THE WINGATUI. Otago Witness, Issue 3609, 15 May 1923, Page 53
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