ENGINE BREAKDOWN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 63, 11 September 1937, Page 25

ENGINE BREAKDOWN

FERRY TAKEN IN TOW

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, September 10. Bound for Stanley Bay this morning, the Devonport Ferry Company's Pupuke was disabled when a gudgeon pin in a piston became twisted. Her engines useless, the ferry drifted up the harbour with two passengers on board.

Blasts from the Pupuke's whistle attracted the attention of the master of the ferry Makora, which was making for Devonport, and soon passengers in the Makora could see that the Pupuke was in difficulty. The Makora's course was diverted and she ranged alongside the disabled ferry. The two passen-: gers were taken on board. They were taken to Devonport and then transported by car to Stanley Bay.

Meanwhile officials of the Devonport Ferry Company had observed the plight of ithe Pupuke and had sent a request to the Auckland Launch and Towboat Company to dispatch the steam tug Kumea to its assistance. By the time the tug reached the ferry it had drifted some distance up the harbour on the incoming tide and was broadside on to its course. The crew of the tug had little difficulty in bringing the two boats together and after a few minutes the Kumea turned back to Auckland with the Pupuke lashed alongside.