H TOlinter of Cgcloneg 45 



on port side of upper bridge, carried 



weather cloth away, also lid of polaris, with 



telescope, pointer and shadow-pen attached, 



as well as doing other damage. 

 1.15 p.m. Wore ship round, using oil bags and 



dripping oil ; shaped course S.E. by E. ; 



sharp look-out kept at mast-head for 



steamer's lights. 

 4.0 Tremendous sea running ; still keeping oil 



bags towing. Very severe storm* 

 6.45 Sighted a bright light on starboard bow ; 



kept steamer away towards it. Showed 



blue light from mast-head. 

 8.0 Blue light going up from steamer ; answered 



by rocket. 



9.0 Coming up to steamer. 



9.15 Passed by steamer. Blew whistle, they 



answering by signal lights. 

 11.0 Bore towards Pavonia again. 



Midnight. Strong gale continues. 



There was no improvement in the weather on the 

 13th. The Pavonia drifted all day before the storm, 

 while the Wolviston kept in close touch with her. 

 During the dark hours of that morning the seas were 

 making a clean sweep over both vessels. On several 

 occasions after daybreak the Wolviston steamed round 

 the Pavonia and signals were exchanged between the 

 vessels. The purport of these was that the ships were 

 in latitude 40-10 N., and longitude 37-02 W. ; that 

 the Pavonia had 54 passengers on board, and that 

 it was not intended to abandon the Pavonia y which 

 had 25 days' provisions. The wind on that day was 

 N.N.W., and the barometer at noon stood at 29-85. 

 The day closed with a " very hard gale ; tremendous 



