A DECIDED LIST
PORT VICTOR AT AUCKLAND Lying at Prince’s wharf, Auckland, the Commonwealth and Dominion Lino steamer Port Victor looked as if she might roll over at any moment as she had a decided list to port. As she had come all the way from New York, however, in that condition, she was in no danger tied up at the wharf. .The Port Victor loaded general cargo at New York and left on August il. When she sailed she already had a slight list to port, and this became more noticeable as the cargo settled. By the tiim' she had entered the Pacific she was lying over like, a keel yacht, and when 10 (lays off she encountered a- stiff westerly breeze the seas swept over her decks. White salt caked on her decks and winches when she arrived at Auckland showed that she had been a veiy wet ship. When the hatches were taken off it was found that all movable cargo had slid down to leeward in one hold. The pressure of sliding eases in the ’tween decks had hurst some drums of bitumen, which lay in pools amongst tin' cargo.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17061, 20 September 1929, Page 5
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194A DECIDED LIST Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17061, 20 September 1929, Page 5
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