A ROUGH VOYAGE.
(By '1 el-ci/ranh—J'resit Association.)
WANGANUI, Last Night
The little coastal steamer Iluia, NYhic 11 arrived at oun o'clock yesterday from Wellington, had n tempestuous and at times thrilling passage. Bad weather was experienced throughout, but matters camo to a head about ten o'clock ou Sunday morning, when the vessel was about iifteeu miles from Oastieclifr'. A frightful thunderstorm ouvoloped the steamer, aceompauied by vivid flashes of lightning which lit up the darkened sky. Two flashes struck the davits with reports like pistol shots, and played round tho ironwork ot the ship in a most terrifying mauuer. Little balls of fire fell through the air, but tho culminating point of the disturbance was reached when five waterspouts passed over the ship's bows towards the south-east. Captain Dowoll Rays that iv all his thirty-two years' experience of New Zealaud coastal waters he has never seen or heard such sights, and described the disturbance as appalling. This view is shared by the male and the man at the wheel, both of whom had a frightful and nerve-trying time. The Fiuia stood tho weather well, boiug only live, hours longer on the trip than usual.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9767, 30 August 1910, Page 5
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194A ROUGH VOYAGE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9767, 30 August 1910, Page 5
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