“JUMPED AND HEAVED”
“She jumped and heaved and nearly threw us off our feet as she came off the rocks, but after that she settled down a bit,” said Captain G. McDonald, marine surveyor and chief underwriter for the Huddart Parker Company, when interviewed after the Wanganella had tied up last night. „. “The Wanganella was a big job and a big headache,” he said, “but after all here she is, safe alongside at. last. That is the main thing .
“Great Credit is due to the diver, Mr. J. Johnstone, the officers and crew, Cable and Company and all who participated in the salvage operations. “I can’t tell you what kind of job the repairs will be until we get her in dry dock. I should think the double bottom is ripped out from the bridge for-
ward, if not more than that. She will be difficult to get into the floating dock, but we will manage somehow. “When we find the extent of the damage, I see no reason why she should not be repaired in Wellington, for after all what is a floating dock for?” said Captain McDonald. And now, he added, he would get some sleep.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1947, Page 5
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