DERELICT ADRIFT
Manuals close sea cocks Grey mouth, Feb. 14. The abandoned hull of the Greymouth Harbour Board’s paddle tug Westland, which was stripped and beached on a tidal area at the end of the cattle wharf in the Blaketown , lagoon some considerable time ago. was found adrift early this morning in the vicinity of Gresson street, Blaketown ! bridge, on a receding tide. It was ap- ' parent that the sea cocks, which were , left open when the hull was beached, had been closed at a low tide period by sonic unauthorised person or persons. with the result that instead of i lining with water the hull floated off J on the tide. Fortunately extremely mild weather was prevailing, or otherwise the 40 or 50-ton steel hull might have caused considerable damage to launches ! moored in the lagoon, and the ; trian traffic bridge. The only damage ! c aused was to a fishing launch, a side : o! which was staved in. After a good deal of manoeuvring the hull was shifted to its former rest- j I ii. g place and firmly moored once more., i —P.A
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 February 1942, Page 4
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185DERELICT ADRIFT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 February 1942, Page 4
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