LINER IN A GALE
PASSENGERS KNEEL IN PRAYER. New York, March 26. The liner President Harding (13,869 tons) docked this afternoon six days late, after what the captain described as the worst trip in his 40 years at sea. “From the time we left Cherbourgh,” he said, “the ship was battered by a liundred-mile-an-hour gale, with monstrous waves, until the rivets became loosened, starting a leak in the fuel tanks, and gradually emptying them. “The lights went out, the engines died down, and all the heating went out of commission, and still great seas dashed against the liner’s sides, producing so much alarm that immigrant passengers fell on their knees in prayer until they were reassured by the stewards. “The ship was finally compelled to anchor off Halifax last Friday until a tug brought her enough fuel to enable her to reach her port of destination. “All the available wood on board, including boxes, crates and hatch covers, was chopped up and burned in order to make fires in the cooks’ galleys for the passengers meals.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1927, Page 4
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