EVENTFUL VOYAGE
lIORORATA AT WELLINGTON (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Tlj'c New Zealand. Shipping' Co.'s Mow.rata, burning pulverised coal, arrived late last night from London. She crossed the .Atlantic m a terrific storm, and on tlie morning of January 3 picked up nn S.O.S. from the Italian tramp Kobe, staling that her steering gear had carried away. r ) ho disabled steamer was about 125 miles away. Dull speed was ordered, and with the assistance of her wireless direction tinder the ITororata reached the Kobe at 7 p.m. the same clay. When still 12 miles away, however. a message was received from the Kobe that they had repaired the steering gear themselves. J?y that time the Mon rata was well off her usual course, and she made for Norfolk, Virginia, where she coaled.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16873, 9 February 1929, Page 15
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133EVENTFUL VOYAGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16873, 9 February 1929, Page 15
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