ACCIDENT TO WAKATERE.
STEAM CHEST EXPLODES.
As' a result of an accident to the machinery, the Northern Company'e steamer Wakatere Is to be laid up for a month or 6ix weeks. The breakdown occurred on Thursday, when, just as the vessel had come alongside the Central wharf, the low-pressure steam chest' exploded, shattering the cover, and. doing other damage to the chest itself;
The cover of the steam chest measures about ten equare feet, and is a very solid steel casting about two inches thick, reinforced with thick ribs or flanges. Engineers who 'have examined the broken machinery state that they cannot account for the breaking of this apparently extra strong part of the engine. An entirely new casting will ■have to be made, and this work will take about six weeks. During- that time the Wakatere will be laid up, and the Waiotahi will take over the running to the Thames. The Wakatere was built in 1896 at Dumbarton, and has been running in the Auckland-Thames service for about t-wenty-one years.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 4
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