SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
• -"♦"-•" — • - • . EXPERIENCES OF A BAIIQXJE. United Press Association— By Elfeptido Telegraph— Copyright, i SYDNEY, August 6. The Josefa "was towed into Newcastle to-day. The vessel encountered. •J, gale off Lord Howe Island. ~ lt in- I creased ia fury as the coast was ap- j - proached. . A tremendous sea struck Ihe vessel on Monday night. The ballast, consisting of pebbles, shifted and the starboard rail went under, .the keel showing. The masts*, were cut B.way. The crew worked below for ; Bfty hours trying to get the ballast back, but it proved terrible, -stuff -'to l&ontrol. The men had nothing .to/eat toll that time but bread and raw salt pork. When two miles off shore the • Anchors were dropped, and held the vessel till she was rescued.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 1
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