Stranding of the Port Bowen
BEACON LIGHT WAS NOT AT FAULT WANGANUI, July 21. Mr N. G. Armstrong, chairman of the Harbour Board, states that there is no foundation for the suggestion that the northern beacon light was no£ burning on the night the Port. Bowen grounded. The pilot staff declare that all lights were functioning as usual. The secretary of the Wanganui-Rangi-tikei Electric Power Board, Mr G. A. Amundsen, stated to-day that the light installation was under the supervision of the board. In cqnsequfince of the assertion that the system might have failed on the night of the stranding, he had had it tested and it has been proved that it was in perfect order. Records showed that the lights had been on continuously from 4.30 p.m. to G. 47 a.rn. each day this week.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 172, 24 July 1939, Page 9
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136Stranding of the Port Bowen Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 172, 24 July 1939, Page 9
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