DISABLED STEAMER
EASTERN MOON IN TOW. WONGANELLA: OUT OF DANGER. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, May IS. Efforts to communicate Avith the Eastern Moon have failed. The last message .stated that the vessel Avas .still being driven toAVairds Lord Howe Island, hut the weather was moderating. Tlhe Devon AA-as still standing by and the tug AA'a.s; expected to reach the disabled A-essel Avi.thin a, few hours. A later .message .says that the Devon thus. Alii released: that she hia& got a line on board the Eastern Moon and is towing her slowly to Sydney. No Avord ha,. si yet been received from the .tug Hindfiekl, dispatched to rescue the Eastern Moon. Both the latter and the Wongauella are being toAA-ed to Sydney. BRISBANE, May 18. The Wonganellu is, clear of the danger of being Avaished ashore at Sandy Cape. .She is being driven before a southwesterly gale. A small unknoAvn steamer is standing by.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 May 1926, Page 5
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153DISABLED STEAMER Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 May 1926, Page 5
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