ACCIDENT TO THE JANE DOUGLAS.
[Wellington Paper.] The steamer Jaue Douglas! imefc with ;an accident on Sunday affcewiooh which might easily J have caused ih ft total wreck of the vessel: She deft. Foxtoa at 5 a.m., and ba<l reached the neighborHood 'of 1 Eai'dri 1 Rocfc, between Terat whiti and Smdlair 1 Head, - when she suddenly stripped alt the blades off her propeller.* ;^here yflaa> a<<heavy3ea running at the tiineymnd a fn*h southerly wind, which ~was blowing nearly dead oh the, Wd,- and Captain! FwLser did tKe best he ootfld under theicircamstances, by hoisting sail! and offa<s welt'as he could. The iTui shortly afterwards hove m sighti-'and towed leii back to Ohau Bay,-where she anchored forthenighti :^h*?re being a suitable beach for the purpose, Captain riElraser intended to. go as close inshore as possible at high water, and to Laplace the broken blades witn ; aspare^set whiah he. fortnnateV Rad'ofe .board. The: cause of the accident wa* not knoim »t---the time of writing ! - -^ <• •■•■ .t
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 306, 28 November 1883, Page 2
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164ACCIDENT TO THE JANE DOUGLAS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 306, 28 November 1883, Page 2
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