ACCIDENT TO THE OHAU.
[Pee Peess Association.] ' WELLINGTON. Mat S 9. On a trip from Westport to Wellington with a cargo of coal, the steamer Ohau struck the Beacon Rock, oft Jackson’s Head, Cook Strait. The tide running strong with the steamer, and a* , she got in between the rooks and shore it caught her on the quarter and swung : her suddenly round, causing her to graze a rook rather sharply. The spot where she touched seems to be under one of the .. ballast tanks, so that the vessel might not) leak, although some extensive, damage might be done to her bottom. There if . nothing to be seen inside with the exception of the cracking of the cement lining of the vessel. The Ohau will be placed op the slip to-morrow for examination.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9427, 30 May 1891, Page 5
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