CAPTAIN TAITS NARRATIVE
... Captain Tait kindly supplied the following narrative of the voyage to our representative, who waited on him after the vessel’s arrival ab Lerwick : We left Aberdeen at 10.30 on Thursday morning, direct for Lerwick with mails and passengers. There was a heavy sea running, and a fresh southeasterly wind blowing. We came along all right* during the day, and all went weil until midnight, when the ...