AN UNLUCKY SHIP.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16985, 8 March 1923, Page 3

AN UNLUCKY SHIP.

RONA IN A CYCLONE. Misfortune continues to d< • l?|i steamer Rom.. Oolv recentiC ! • grounded within a stone’s tlnov. ol I ten them,so. and was refloated with Lirieußy. Her latent excitemeut wa* pi- • m-ounteriiiD of violent cmloioV wea ther. H was reported when she In,( berth ‘ at the Colonial Sugar Compam- , u I’ l ' l ‘T. Ryrmont, from 7 Fiji to «luv. >tates the .Sydney " Sun ” of Afare h that tlu*. vessel had a narrow esca*>t* from destruction. For two davs she wn> hcve-to. Huge seas hurst ‘ over her decks, menacing the safety of the mn oi- duty. The crew’s quarters were, flooded, sui I £V eil the officers’ cabins were affected. The secis burst down several ish.n '* < urs - lor the skilful navigation of the. master. Captain Wallis, there In tie doubt that the vessel would now bo in Davy Jones’s locker. Hie master headed for the southern outskirts of the disturbance until the violence of the cyclone, compelled him to stop iiis engines. In making towards the southern edae hr had the wind behind the ship. When compelled to abandon her course, the >hip was brought head on to the wind. Her bufferings were terrific. Capta u Wallis ordered the use oi oil hags. Tli » steamer nevertheless did not again g t under way until two days had passed. A\ hen the Ilona arrived to-day, she bore scars from the battle with th* elements. Steam pipes on the deck ar I other fittings all suffered.