PORT BOWEN
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR UNLOADING PORTABLE BOILER LOST IN SEA [Per United Press Association.) WANGANUI, August 3. It is not known when a start will be made to unload the Port Bowen’s cargo, but all arrangements for doing so are being pushed ahead. Three mushroom anchors, attached to a long, heavy steel cable, were laid yesterday on the seaward side of the vessel in 18ft of water at high tide, with 15ft on the shore side. An unsuccessful attempt was made to-day to float a portable boiler out to the tort Bowen on a pontoon, which capsized, the boiler being deposited in the sea. It is intended to send the 27 firemen back to England as soon as their passages can be arranged.
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Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 10
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124PORT BOWEN Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 10
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