ORUNGAL DISABLED.
Gear Wheel Stripped And Ship Idle. NEW PARTS AWAITED. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The steamer Orungal, which was towed to Sydney after having drifted helplessly, will be laid up for three months until a ne wmain gear wheel for the turbines arrives from England. The gear wheel was stripped. It is the first time that such a. mishap has occurred in Australia. There was no panic among the passengers when the breakdown occurred. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 287, 4 December 1929, Page 7
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78ORUNGAL DISABLED. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 287, 4 December 1929, Page 7
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