STORM IN TASMAN
NGAKUTA'S ROUGH TRIP (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night Deeply laden with coal, and showing traces of n tempestuous voyage, the Union Co's chartered steamer Ngakuta reached Auckland this afternoon from Gladstone (Queensland). , When three days out, a heavy sea. was met and a big wave smashed one of the ports under the poop deck. A solid bore of water flowed through and the crew's quarters were flooded. Th<? master of the steamer decided to heave-to and. while the engineers worked to got a metal plate fixed over the broken port, sonic of the crew had a busy time rescuing t i.r;r effects. The storm la.;fcl for four day,, with high confused seas and heavy rain squalls. After the vessel was on her course again, she .\a.-. swept- by a. big .sea. and 'lie water found its way into the saloon. The steamer was again hovo-to until repairs were made.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17094, 29 October 1929, Page 10
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