ULMARRA SAFE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19231, 11 July 1932, Page 2

ULMARRA SAFE

OVERDUE VESSEL RETURNS TO PORT. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 10, 5 5 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 10. The steamer Ulmarra crept into port at 7.15 a.m., looking none the worse for her experiences. South Head signal station reports that she ran before the gale to the seaward, since when she had not be? - ' sighted. The naval destroyer Tatoo had been searching all night long far out to sea, and has now been recalled. The news of the Ulmarra’s safety has given tremendous relief, as shipping circles had given up hope, although it was regarded as strange that there was no wreckage along the coast. CAPTAIN'S STORY. RECEIVED FULL FORCE OF GALE. United Press Association —By Electric Tel egraph—Copy righ t (Received July 10, 11.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 10. Captain William Buckingham, in an interview, said the vessel struck the full fury of the gale, only four miles off Sydney Heads on Thursday afternoon. The main condenser discharge pipe broke and the vessel hove to. It become necessary to run before the gale, and starboard tack repairs were not completed until Friday morning, when it was found that the vessel’s position was 130 miles south-east of Sydney. But the steamer was never in grave danger, but was unable to communicate because she possessed only an antiquated receiving set, by which they ascertained that grave fears were entertained for the crew’s safety and the measures taken to trace them by sea and air. “That’s all that worried us. We were conscious of how our relatives must have felt, but all’s well that ends well.”