PECULIAR SHIPPING ACCIDENT
(By Telegraph—.Press Association.) WANGANUI, this day. A peculiar accident happened to the steamer John, which arrived from Wellington this morning. When the vessel was berthing at the "town wharf d ehe was carried by a strong tide d against a bridge broadside on. Her deck-' t house caught under the decking of the a bridge, and was considerably damaged, t A lifeboat on the port side and davite 8 wero emaehed. The damage may. foe
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 22 January 1916, Page 6
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