SALVAGE OPERATIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 26 June 1912, Page 7

SALVAGE OPERATIONS.

I GISBORNE, June 26. ■ A number of extra anchors will be i I" immediately placed with a view to hold- j ■ jug the vessel in position, and a trial ■ will be made this afternoon to see ■ \vhether pumps can cope with the water. ■ The Terawhiti has a lifting capacity ■of 1,700 tons per hour, and Captain KRainey states that if the combiued efKforts of the Terawhiti's and the vessel's Hfrvvn pumps can keep the water down, H_;en the steamer would be floated off, th# position is clear for her to come bodily to "leaward. If it is found -'• the water cannot be coped with. will have to be employed to effect repairs. Collision pads for 's purpose have been brought to GisHrorne by the Terawhiti. Wf Captain Plunket arrives by the Wes--1 tralia this afternoon to watch Lloyds' kmterests. The Aveather continues fine, a light westerly wind.