OIL FOR THE STEELMAKER.
The Union-Company's tanker Qtokla, which leaves Wellington this afternoon ,on her return voyage to California, will call »t-Pago PaKo en routo to supply the American! steamer-Steel-maker with bunker oil. The .Steelmaker, a twin screw steamer of 6187 tons, owned by the United States Steel Products Company; went nshoro at Nukulallnt- In the Ellice, Group In March. -Salvage vessels from '.Brisbane, Paso Pago, and San Francisco hastened to her assistance and sbo. was refloated early, in. May and was escorted to Pago Pafttf by ■: the - Peacock, The Steelmaker was aground four feet at the" bow at hip-la water, but afloat aft of the flreroomJ Her careo of five thousand tons of ore was jettisoned. .
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1928, Page 11
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117OIL FOR THE STEELMAKER. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1928, Page 11
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