THE STEAMER HAWEA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11371, 2 September 1908, Page 5

THE STEAMER HAWEA.

(Press Assn.— By, Telegraph— Copyright.) ; SYDNEY, September 1. The HaAvea lands „a portion of her cargo, and then goes into dock to receive anew tail shaft. ••■ •>'-.' -i- .(Special to Herald.) "- ; ? ' DUNEDIN, this day. The steamer Hawea is now being repaired m Sydney.- When a new tail shaft -has been put m and other necessary repairs done/nshe \vill sail for NeWZealand. The : search boats Flora and Rakanoa are on; it-heir way to New Zealand, r : The former left Byron Bay at 4 p.m.." ort Saturday for Wellington, and tire' Rukanoa sailed-* from '-Sydney' on Sunday 'for/,^ -Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier. " < ,

"When,, yre left' the "disabled steamer on the. JLOth" inst.)" said Mr Irwin, the chief officer, ''she was about '83 miles from Byron Bay. The weather Avas fii>e,, i aiid* we expected to land- with tb* lifeboat on tlie coast, next day. But it took us a week All but 20 minutes to cover the trip, and A\ r e did indeed have a bad time. The boat was equipped and provisioned, but We were"dvertaken by a south-west gale, and the Avohder to me still is hoAv tliat lifeboat weathered the storm. The people up north told, us it was one of the -heaviest blows that they had had there for some time. The big sea tossed tlie boat about m an alarming manner, threatening to overAvhelm it at any moment, and, as you can well imagine, Aye spent a most anxious time drifting with a sea anchor out and bailing- for all we were worth. WTien at last the storm, subsided W© fell utterly exhausted m tho bottom, of the boats and only just recovered sufficient strength to pull into South Solitary Island. Oil landing there Aye all collapsed. Our legs. OAving to the cramped, position m the boat, gave way from under us as we stepped ashore, but the lighthouse people, avlio had seen us approaching, rushed to our assistance, and did all they could for us."