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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

Floated Off

Floated Off.

Just then off came the pilot boat that had been attracted by the signals of distress sent up by the stranded ship, and the pilot, Captain Burgess, went aboard the Lalla Rookh and steered her alongside the barque.

Nothing could be done in the direction of getting the Glenlora off her uncomfortable berth at that stage, but just about daybreak she floated off on the rising tide and the Lalla Rookh took her in town.

Near the North Head they met the Enterprise coming out to help, and the newcomer making fast on the other side of the barque, the two steamers soon had her at the wharf, undamaged, much to the relief of the merchants who were expecting cargo by her, for those were the days when it took many months to fill orders.