SHIPPING MISHAPS.
'""FIRE ON THE MANAROA
Per Press Association. TIMARU, June 18,
"' The'-fire in the little steamer Manaroa has apparently been extinguished. A Btart was made this afternoon to get out the cargo. Ihituv members of the firo brigade were overcome with smoke and fumes und one was;ordered to the hospital. Captain. Johnson, who is also the owner of the vessel, came from Fiji to purchase the boat lor the inter-Island trade. He had just had hbr overhauled and refitted for this purpose:" Tho work was only completed on Monday. It i 3 understood that the insurance was only for the total loss of the vessel. >■, OPAWA DELAYED.
Per Presn Association. . , INVERCARGILL, Juno 18. Tho s.s. Opawa loft the Bluff this afternoon for London; but before sho cljared the ljarbour a defect developed in tho. steering gear'" and the vessel is lying-to ;off Dog Isl'a'ridv She is expected to get away this njormiig. ■ *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1844, 19 June 1920, Page 5
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