A STORM INCIDENT
TWO LAUNCHES ASHORE.
As a result of the storm last evening, the Pennsylvania, berthed at the Pipitea Wharf, loat one of her motor launches. The launch apparently broke away from her moorings and was carried by the storm to the sea-wall, near Ngahauranga. She was found on the rocks this morning, and looked like a complete loss It is not known what time the launch broke away. ".She just disappsared in the night, and that's all there is to it," said an officer^of the Pennsylvania this morning. ' ,
One of the Oklahoma's launches also broke away from its moorings in the stream about 3 o'clock this morning. She was blown ashore near Kaiwarra, and was badly damaged by the rocks.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 15 August 1925, Page 8
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122A STORM INCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 15 August 1925, Page 8
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