THE DOUGLAS STILL ASHORE.
The s.s.'jDouglas, which went' ash oifo at Opotiki on Sunday evening last, is sfcill hard and fast on the beach/ and unlilcely.to sjet"5 jet" Off for spine considerable, tinob, uness steps are taken promptly ivj have her floated-, with, efficient lifting po^er. The,steamer is high and dry atl6V.1 wateiVon a sandy beach, known as the crufeide'jbeaoh, and evidently, got there thr.pr.igh missing the channel...: ~It: j was stor?.ny ■ weather when she went ashore, and,' a very high sea was running, so that' sW was driyc,n so far up'on'the.'beachjtliatj at high water a man can wade: out/ to her withouf; going into water over knee deep. Several attempts have, .been, made- to. haul the' steamer off; by sinking,'her. anchors in the •;sand -and piling ' logs on top of them. , Several- lines carried away; and 120 fathoms of 5-inch Manilla were borrowed from; the : Che.\mst'ord.; i but every attempt failed, the anchors - invaiiably " coining home "when: any heavy strain was put'on tjiem. j; Sp far. the Douglas does not appear to have sustained "any serious injury, and she may be launched or towed off'wher the weather moderates. ■'
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4
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189THE DOUGLAS STILL ASHORE. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4
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