A STEAMER ASHORE

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13983, 20 November 1917, Page 6

A STEAMER ASHORE

ACCIDENT AT WANGANUI.' Telegraphic advice was received ,in Diinhdin on-Saturday stating that a steamer had grounded on the South Heart, "Wnngnnui, whon about to enter 'lie port with a.cargo of coal. The-vos-:cl, which .is owned by Messrs E. S, [iamb and Go., of Sydney, isabout 1000 oils gross register,.and was built at JtoAton in 1872..: Her principal'dimensions are: Length,- 215:} ft; . breadth,. Hift; depth, MHt. f' , ,; : Tlio Storm,, which'/trades', bolween )iincdiii and and. • wa> at iVaiiganui on Saturday, was, to: make in attompt'to tow the steamer off if the. vcntlicr continued fine.. Advice has'npt )een roeeiyed as fb tho success or orM. viso'of the lot considered'.to >bfl:in .very iosition". as 'the:' ishore ,is,mostly sand^r'^hirigle/;";: ; ;!;^;