VESSEL STRIKES ROCK.
VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT. (Received Oct. 25, 1.30 p.m.) LAS PALMAS, Oct, 24. The Port Nicholson has been surveyed. Divers report that no apparent damage has been done except that there is a large hole in the- starboard quarter leading into the tunnel. The vessel is lying on a sandy bottom in an upright position. The after end is full of water, but the fore end is dry, except number three hold,"which has 42 inches of water. Pumps are being fitted in an attempt to float the steamer. A salvage steamer left Gibraltar for Las Palmas to assist the Porth Nicholson.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 October 1924, Page 7
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106VESSEL STRIKES ROCK. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 October 1924, Page 7
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