PONUI PASSAGE LIGHT HOUSE.
A •• SMASH UP."
~j MiBSH, principal kseper o^the P««aee lighthouse, reported to the ,?»f.^ of Custom, this aftersoon thab at C vlock this morning the B cht*ner f '111, owed by Mr J.J. Craig, while H"!! » tbrongh the passage ran aground tickll?r foutt»ee bar own leneth south- *? of th« liebthouse. Ik wa ß blow--lit strong breeze from the south-west "Ctime. The schooner was got off "Ac amo dow D smash on the l.gfatbouae *4 iflS great force that the keeper flt I* the whole place was going over. ff he iTon piles and one wooden Tf. Wnnfl foot *qaare) were smashed in ■tflo «"o "prisht wooden fendera for ft f Z I the ladder and side of the *i. Further, 49 lamp glasses and. four fttae imaehed to atoms. It h possible fIS to the smash up of the lamp til heFonui Paasage light may not bo J&ned a night or two.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1896, Page 5
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