LINER ASHORE
MISHAP AT WANGANUI
PORT BOWEN INVOLVED
IN EARLY MORNING
Per Press Association
WANGANUI, July 19. ’fhe liner Port Bowen went ashore at 1 o'clock this morning about a quarter of a mile off the beach and a mile from the harbour entrance. It is possible that she will be floated off at high tide at 11.30 a.m. The Port Bowen arrived in the roadstead at about 1 o’clock from Picton to load 20.000 freight carcases and shortly afterwards grounded. There was low water at the time. r l he vessel came to rest on the beach almost broadside on, with her how pointing at a slight angle toward the shore. The sea was calm, but the vessel took a list to starboard. The pilot station was communicated •with and immediately the crew of the tug Kahanui were summoned. Within two hours steam was up and the tug was standing by. The pilot launch Karcro was also taken out. The Port Bowen was in the act of turning when she grounded. The night was fairly clear looking seaward, but misty on the land.
The Union Company’s steam tug Terawhiti is to leave Wellington, ana is expected to arrive on the scene about 10 p.m. The Wellington Harbour Board's tug Toil is at present under overhaul, states a Wellington message.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 195, 19 July 1939, Page 9
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220LINER ASHORE Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 195, 19 July 1939, Page 9
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