LUMBER BARQUE'S ESCAPE.
j NEARLY WRECKED AT SYDNEY ! TOW-ROPE PARTS IN HEAVY SEA. Re.-eivcl 10.-TO n 1.,., SYDNEY, this day. The four ma-sled barque I. and T. i Dollar, the largevt failing \ essel that lias ever entered Sydney Harbour, carrying a carp., of -J.(1(10,(1(10 fe,-t of lumber from America, had a narrow escape oi hei,,;- wrecked ~ff the head-. The towrope snapped iv a heavy sea, and the big ship was driven within a .-able length of the rocks before the tug secured a new hold. Only skilful handling of the : ship by the ban-lie's captain and the plil-ky w,.rk of the tug master averted a : disaster.- , \. and N.Z. ("able.i
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1923, Page 5
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110LUMBER BARQUE'S ESCAPE. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1923, Page 5
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