GROUNDING OF S.S. JOHN.
OFF THE TUKITTjKI,
(Br TelejraDii.— Association.)
Napier, December 19. The steamer John, 339 tons, owned b> Captain Hall, of Wellington, and sailing under Captain Helm, ran ashore at the mouth of the TuMtuki Hirer, ten miles south of Napier, during the night. She was on her ivay from Gisborne to Wellington, having left Poverty Bay at 1.15 p.m. yesterday with sixty bales of wool. The Tangaroa has been dispatched to render assistance. Details are meagre, but the creiv are all safe, and the sea is very calm,
The John, which went ashore on the coast, was towed off by the Tangaroa. She is not damaged, and proceeded on her voyage to Wellington. .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 4
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116GROUNDING OF S.S. JOHN. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 4
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