THE STRANDED KAURI
TERAWHITI ARRIVES AT WESTPORT. Any uneasiness which may have been caused by the delay in the arrival of the Terawhiti at Westport has been allayed by the advice, received this morning, that the tug arrived at' her destination at 11 o'clock last night. She cleared Wellington at 645 a.m. on Thursday, and was reported' by Stephens Island at 1.40 p.m. on the same day. The Komata, which left Wellington on Thursday night for Westport with salvage gear, was outside the bar at 11 o'clock last night. She is expected to sail for Wellington at , midnight tonight. HOPES OF REFLOATING i SUGAR CARGO DISAPPEARS. j „ (II TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WESTPORT, This Day. An examination of the stranded steamer Kauri, made by Captain i M'Donald, the Union Company's Marine Superintendent, showed that there are holes in the vessel's .bottom under Nbs. 1 and 4 holds and the' engineroom, and that the tide is ebbing and flowing through the openings. The sugar stowed in No. 4 hold has entirely disappeared, while the other cargo is afloat. Captain M 'Donald hopes to be able to repair the damage sufficiently to enable the steamer to be refloated. The work is now proceeding of covering the holes with iron plates Pumps, hawsers, and other salvage gear brought from Wellington by the Terawhiti are being carted to the scene of the wreck. ,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 8
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228THE STRANDED KAURI Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1914, Page 8
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