WARRIMOO'S MISHAP
The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Warrimoo met with a mishap while berthing from Sjdney shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon at Queen's Wharf. Owing to thp Covinthic being moored alongside No. 1 (south) the incoming vessel swung out a little further than usual as .«he came in fiom the south side of the huibour Her stem turned in towards the No. 1 outer tee (noith) too suddenly, with the result that she crashed right through the corner ot the whaif, cutting off a triangular section about 16ft on two sides. The collision caused some of the water pipes to burst and stripped off several piles.. Tho vessel was appaiently uninjuied.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1914, Page 8
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113WARRIMOO'S MISHAP Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1914, Page 8
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