TWO LIGHTERS BLOWN ASHORE
CBr TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
GISBORNE, This Day. -.
Whilst being towed to a'collier in the harbour this morning, two lighters belonging to the . Gisborne Sheepfarmers' Company were blown, ashore during a heavy southerly squall. The lighters are undamaged, and it is expected that there will be no difficulty in refloating them at- high' tide, the 'weather having moderated. A wharf labourer named Andy Smith, who was aboard one of the lighters, sustained a fractured leg.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1919, Page 5
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