TORN FROM MOORINGS
LAUNCH DESTROYED AT GISBORNE, I United Press Association! GISBORNE, 15th July. Torn from her moorings at the height of a southerly gale on Wednesday night the Waima, a twin-screw launch owned by the Tokomaru Bay Harbour Board, was battered on the concrete breastwork until it was a total jvreck. The harbourmaster, Captain S. J. Plummer, said he thought the damage was done at the turn of the tide that night. Pieces of the shaft were washed up on the beach next morning. The launch was purchased by the board in 1912 and was valued at £7OO, but if the craft were" replaced at present it would cost from £ISOO to £2OOO.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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114TORN FROM MOORINGS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 July 1938, Page 9
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