LINER IN FOG

Southland Times, Issue 21647, 8 March 1932, Page 7

LINER IN FOG

HOVE TO FOR 10 HOURS. AORANGI’S ROUGH TRIP. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, March 7. The mail liner Aorangi, which was due at daybreak Iron) Sydney, did not reach Auckland until after ten o’clock to-night. The passengers will land to-morrow. The Aorangi ran into thick weather outside the gulf and at 1.27 p.m. sent the following wireless advice: “We are hove to at Mokohinau. Bearing 220 degrees, distant 24 miles. Wind is cast-south-east, with high seas and a heavy swell. Visibility is low.” When that message was sent the Aorangi was approximately 80 miles from Auckland. Eventually the weather lifted and she was able to make port. At two o’clock this morning the liner ran into very thick weather. The wind increased till it reached hurricane force, accompanied by high and confused seas. So thick was the weather that no landmarks were sighted, so the Aorangi hove to for ten hours. These conditions continued till four o’clock this afternoon, when landmarks were picked up. The liner came into port and anchored in the stream for the night. Two hundred and thirty passengers were aboard and they had a most uncomfortable time.