SHIP’S MISFORTUNES'

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18202, 25 September 1933, Page 5

SHIP’S MISFORTUNES'

ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESS ' Although her voyage from Tampico to Auckland was mainly uneventful, the Bank line motor-ship Inverbank, which arrived at Auckland on Thursday, has experienced more than her share of difficulties during the last few months. The Inverbank is a tramp motor-ship and was last at Auckland about two years ago. Early this, year she left Cardiff for Puget Sound, m the United States, to load timber for Japan. On arrival the master, Captain J. J. Tulloch, had to be put ashore, suffering from appendicitis, and the chief officer .took temporary command on the voyage to Japan. After leaving Puget Sound the Inver bank encountered a hurricane which raged for three days. During the greater part of the time the vessel was hove-to and a -quantity of deck cargo had to he. jettisoned. However, the ship was not damaged. While he was oil deck during the storm, the second ofticer was caught by a sea and washed into the scuppers of the after deck, narrowly escaping being swept overboard. He received a cut on the head and, as the ship does not carry a doctor, the third mate had. to stitch the wound. Captain . W, R. Forsyth, the present master, took command of the ship in Japan. After discharging her timber canto the Inverbank loaded sugar in the Philippines for the United States and then went to Tampico to load 8000 tons of bitumen for Mew Zealand sinil Austtajia.