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THE INDRABARAH.

HOPES OF FLOTATION. < , ', BY TBLEGKAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION . ] MARTON, June 18. ;! The Indrabaraii is now oioser in snore than at lirst, and lies broaaside on, with', her bowv.pomt.mg towards tne souoii anda slight list to starboard. An attempt, will be made on ±riclay'or Sunday, andi all will depend on-the weather •\\ netner' sue can pull herself out stern lirst, by; theuse of hei-pi-opellersJ bhe\ bumi>ed a. great 'deal -.on UMonday ;night, pieces of nee 'propeller blades breaking away. Oaptajns Kainey, Plunkett anu Daniel^ went aboard, and the former is very confident pf i-efioatihg, if not -this time, by. some* later spring tides /"Captain Hollingsworth is also very coniideiit, and is in^good Spirits.' It is uuders:<:;ooci that Hve wmches; have been torn dut', an« others are now being used, and' attempts to shift .the lines' are made at -every tide. A capstan capable of iiftdug 100 tons was ;also bent; -Over twenty stevedores arrived this'afternoon from V\ eliington, and it is understood thats-they win jet. ; tison thirty thousand carcases" of frozen mutton from No. 3 hold", "as it is impossible for' lighters to ap"pr'o'ach until the sea is calm. • At Ahe inquest touching the-^eath of Thomas. Fallon,' aged -50 years-, boats-■! wain, evidence showed that.. deceased i niUßtiiave fallen down, and the medical examination showed a gash-over the left temple about two and a half inches in length, and the base of-the', skull was also fractured and the neck either dislocated or fractured. Deceased leaves a widow ancl,a,large Jamjlyj,who .reside in •London, but only; his' .widow and two children arf 'dependent on him. ;A verdict was: returned ;that; deceased; fell down a hold of, the In'drabarah", fusing, a" fracture of the base .of the skull and a dislocation or a 'fracture of ihe. neck AYELLINGTON/Jiine 18. Tlie. Indrabarah is- already floating ..inlier bed.-.r-;-—.■---.--;~ : .;>.' . -. • •

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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 5

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THE INDRABARAH. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 5

THE INDRABARAH. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 June 1913, Page 5