SCOW IN TROUBLE
TUG SENT TO GIVE HELP . IN HAURAKI GULF VESSEL REPORTED TO HAVE HEAVY LIST (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGEAM.) AUCKLAND, January 14. The scow Rangi, bound from Tauranga to Auckland with a cargo of logs for the Leyland O'Brien Timber Company, is in distress off Rakino Island, about 10 miles from Auckland, in the Hauraki Gulf. A message was brought down by another coastal craft and was flashed by Morse lamp to the Mount Victoria signal station. The Auckland Harbour Boards tug Te Awhina was immediately disoatched to give assistance. She left Auckland shortly before 11 o'clock and is expected to reach the Rangi about 12.30 this morning. With a deck cargo of logs, the Rangi was reported to have a heavy list and seas were breaking over her. She had her anchors down, but was reported from the Tiri Tin lighthouse just before dark to be dragging fast. ~
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 10
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