THE WESTMORELAND

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 22 May 1919, Page 7

THE WESTMORELAND

VESSEL BADLY DAMAGED

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION ) DUNEDIN, May 22. ; The Westmoreland reached Port , Chalmers at 9.30 this morning On ! leaving the Bluff last night she bumped heavily in th e vicinity of the ; channel rock, which is said to be the same place in which the Knight of the Gaiter sustained damage a few years ago. The Westmoreland evidently sustained serious damage, as her ballast tanks, numbers 1, 2 and 3 were fiilled with water; There is also a leak in the engmwoom. Six tanks near the stern previously filled with fresh water, are now salt, an indication of leakage there also. The Westmoreland, which is practically a new ship, is on her second voyage to New Zealand. On her last voyage she was on fire, anU on the trip Jiome was torpedoed near the English coast and beached at Whitehaven, where she lay for three months the subsequent repairs taking about nine months The Westmoreland 1 S now about three-quarters loaded with"frozen and other produce, which has been loaded in Australia, and which will be discharged at Port Chalmers before the steamer docks for repairs, which are JiKely to be extensive. \ (A telegram received earlier to-day appears on page 5.)