OYER THE BOUNDING DEEP.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11840, 1 May 1909, Page 5

OYER THE BOUNDING DEEP.

A TRYING EXPERIENCE

When the Union tug Terawhiti left . port . last Saturday night to render succor to the disabled' vessel re-/ ported off Hokio Beach, thq scratch crew wliich had been braked together for the occasion had , no ; anticipation of what was. in store for them, t It was a bitterly _ cold- night j and^tbe wind was blowing a gale from the south- In tJie fairway at* the entrance yto tlitT harbor the seas were: very nasty, and : tjie tiny tug frisked about in a .way. that was- distasteful -to everybody -on yboaisd. She ; scooped _ ; the . watep* up", mtons, and one sea which caught her off Worser Bay, swept over '■■■'• the • lo, wer deck arid ascendeel in a fountain right up the companion way to the bridge, drenching j everybody., to. .the. skin. " As slie swupij I round on a south-westerly course,, tliei mountainous billows caught her full on the port bows, and thp foredepk was constantly awash. To the '-pitching she, added a roll, ■; so; that the combined npiption. was a. sort ofsick^riftig luifch to starboard. 'Nearly everybody aboa-rd was. ill, everi the man at the wheel was 'visibly suffering from mai de mer. The nien in the engineroom had a .terrible time. ''The seas that broke over aft 'ap wejl as forw&rd forced their way through the, skylights, And dripped oyer the engines. It was a most trying tiine tor the Terawhiti,' ' the worst time .she had experienced' siricri she went put with 40 tons of coal aboard to look for fchg Monowai. The sea's were even worse oft Saturday night, but she was light and rode* them well under the skilful, handling of the skipper. Everybody froiri the- skipper downwards was delighted Svhen smoothers/water ..was'- reached. ■ \