NORTHUMBERLAND'S MISHAP.
CHANNEL TO BE SURVEYED
DATE OF INQUIRY NOT FIXED.
(By Telesraph.—Press Association.)
V\ ELLINGTON, Thursday.
The Government steamer Tutanekai will make a survey of the scene of the recent mishap to the Federal liner Northumberland, which is at present discharging her cargo at Auckland preparatory to going into dry dock for survey and- repairs.
It is stated that the mishap occurred in the channel between the Ariel Bank and the mainland, to the north-eastward of Tuahine Point, which forms the northern extremity of Poverty Bay. It is not known whether the Northumberland struck a submerged and uncharted rock, or other obstruction, and the Tutanekai will therefore carry out a sweep and rough survey of the channel in the vicinity of the spot where the big steamer was damaged.
No date has been fixed for the in quiry into the cause of the mishap.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 11
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