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Milleeta's Record
Strait Crossing
in High Seas.
Driving through heavy seas, with
a strong beam wind, the 142-ton
auxiliary ketch Milleeta made a
record crossing of Bass Strait on
Friday, berthing at Burnie early
on Saturday morning, 17 hours 53
minutes after it had cleared Port
Phillip Heads. The previous re
cord for vessels of this type was
established by the auxiliary ketch
Defender about four years 'ago,
when it made the crossing in 18
hours 40 minutes.
When the Milleota, in charge of
Captain F. Angelin, cleared the Heads
the weather was not unpromising, but
the ship had not proceeded far when
an equinoctial gale sprang up, and
continued throughout the-voyage. It was
a sleepless crossing for members of the
crow who were on deck the whole of
the time, two men being necessary at
the wheel to hold the little vessel to
its course.
SEAMAN INJURED.
One member of the crew, Jim Moore
(35), A.B., had a narrow escape from
serious injury when he was struck on
the head by one of the boom tackle
blocks. He received a nasty gash over
his right eye, and was rendered un
conscious for half an hour. After at
tention by his shipmates he returned
to his duties little the worse for the
blow.
The first mate (Mr. J do Vos), inter
viewed at Burnie, praised the Mil
leota, which, he said, was the finest
vessel of its typo in which he had
sailed.
Originally constructed for trading in
the Bay of Biscay, he said, the Mil
leeta, a steel ship with surprisingly
sturdy masts for her size, was at home
in heavy weather. The crossing, how
ever, had been made easier by the fact
that the vessel was three-parts full.
Had she been fully laden the captain
would not have hesitated in returning
to Melbourne.
The Milleeta, which discharged arti
ficial manure at Burnio on Saturday
morning, cleared last evening, but ow
ing to an unfavorable wind put back
to port, and will leave this morning
for Smithton, where she will load cargo
before returning to Melbourne.
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