MODERN NOAH'S ARK.
j, KEiIPSEY (N.S.W.), August 24. : When the flood on the Macleay was at ; ite height, a large iron hulk, laden with . sleepers and lope, 'broke adrift from the . Company's wharf, and was • whirled down stream. About two miles • below Kempsey it crossed over tbe land, , and brought up across the main North ; Coast Road. When the water began to . sirbside. Captain Ellery sent his men to r. move the hulk, if possible, as it entirely ; jbstructed passage along the road. After , strenuous work, they pushed the stern i off the roadway sufficiently to allow ( traffic to pase along the crest of the (■ roacl. In that position the vessel now . lies, loaded with timber, and gives the » impression of a large ark. r " /
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 206, 30 August 1921, Page 3
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