THE PORT LYTTELTON
WRECKED NORTH OF
TASMANIA
AGROUND NEAR NORTH OF
TAMAR RIVER,
(Received 24th January, 2.30 p.m.)
LAUNCESTON, This Day. The Port Lyttelton went aground on the Middle Spit, near Low Head. The' vessel is laden with cargo from Port Pme and Geelong for. Hobart. Efforts have been made to refloat the vessel, but she has now settled down deeply on a sandy bed. Efforts by a tug have so far proved ineffective. A big hole has been torn under the bow, but the water is being kept under control by pumps.
The Port Lyttelton is' a steel twinscrew steamer of 6444 tons. She is owned by the Commonwealth Line, and prior to her present ownership : was known the Niwaru._ Low Head, where the -L^ort Lyttelton is aground, is a town in Northern Tasmania, at the mouth of the River Tamar: A lighthouse is situated in the vicinity. The Port Lyttelton was /to have left Hobart on 22nd January for Home ports The vessel was last at Wellington in October, 1921.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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172THE PORT LYTTELTON Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 20, 24 January 1924, Page 6
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