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In spite of the buffeting the Bombay had received she was still keeping remarkably tight. During the night the ship lay hove-to with a tarpaulin in the mizzen rigging—all her canvas having been blown to ribbons—and all hands were hard at work straightening things as far as they could. In the morning the carpenter set about setting up some sort of a jury rig, and many of the passengers lent a hand where they could. At half-past seven the welcome sight of another ship appeared over the horizon. She proved to be the Circular Saw liner Constance, from Sydney, and her skipper (Captain Elliott) at once offered to give the derelict a tow. A line was passed and the tow commenced. Fortunately the breeze held in the right direction, and the strange pair—a smart barque and a sadly disabled ship—made steady progress.

By the time the Three Kings were reached the Bombay people had succeeded in rigging up jury gear, and they were able to get some sail on their vessel. They were in great luck, for the next day H.M.s. Curacoa hailed in sight, and Commodore Wiseman, taking the "lame duck" in tow, brought her safely into Auckland Harbour. There are, nopage 200 doubt, many of the passengers and their descendants still living in the Dominion, who will recall the anxious days experienced during this terrible storm.

It was four months before the Bombay was ready for sea again. H. Niccol and Sons had the contract, which included a fine set of kauri spars.