OIL STEAMER AGROUND
IN WANGANUI HARBOUR
LEAKING IN ALL HOLDS.
(EI TBtEGKAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
WANGANUI, 24th May. When the overseas steamer Cyrena was entering the harbour early this morning she grounded on a sand shoal, which had formed as the result of the heavy flood. The vessel came ofi to-night under her own steam, but was caught by the strong current and again grounded some 600 yards to the north of the moles. At midnight she was reported to be leaking in all holds.
Tho tug Terawhiti leaves Wellington on Monday morning to go to the ship's aid..
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 25 May 1925, Page 7
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97OIL STEAMER AGROUND Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 25 May 1925, Page 7
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