COASTAL STEAMER AGROUND.
TWO HOURS BUMPING ON .A/SAND- - :. n bank. ' :> •< *1 \Yhahgarei, -Aii®stliu; At 4 ojclock this morning tlie Settlers Company's steamer.. Kapanui .ran ,aground - on"*"* sandbaiik off MangaVai, when I '6h lier-.way from Auckland -to 'Whangarei.Rather/a big sea was .running ;atf tlie. time. - The vessel lay'for 'two . hours" bumping; before getting off.';. £ The position seemed rather precarious at 0110 period,, and lifebelts were served,out'to the passengers, whoweroall In the midst of the trying predicament a large ship's lamp, crashed, dpwii'. on 'the deck and exploded,- causing 'a-cbnflSgrationjV which was got under with. somG difficult' owing 1 to the high wind blowing. ; ; The boat 3 irero prepared for launching, and some of the passengers stripped in anticipation of a swim for life, but there was no semblance'of panic, the utmost order and coolness prevailing,;;. :.'i The Kapanui arrived safely at'the'Town Wharf about 8 a.m., apparently' uninjurfed. THE CAPTAIN'S: -STATEMENT, j' The account' regarding tho 'Khpaniii', was supplied by., several: passengers; "_Thp captain, however, makes light of the, mishap.'- v Ho denies that any danger? osisted-iV any timo, •Mid that there was for lifebelts.. :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 4
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183COASTAL STEAMER AGROUND. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 4
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