LOSS OF A COAL HULK.
SINKS IN 30FT OF WATER
[it? TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Lyttei.ton, Saturday. The Blackball Coal Company's hulk Blackwall lay at No. 4 Wharf last nigkt, receiving coal from the s.s. Petone, and discharging coal into the dredge Manchester. At half-past eight p.m. the men working at the forward end of the hulk noticed an inrush of water, the vessel having sprung a leak, it is supposed through the opening of a seam. The water gained rapidly, and in twenty-five minutes 'the hulk sank in 30ft of water. All on board got ashore.
The Blackwall is insured for £2000 in the Alliance Office, £1000 on hulk and £1000 on the cargo. She had 1300 tons of coal on board when she sank.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 8 April 1907, Page 5
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125LOSS OF A COAL HULK. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 8 April 1907, Page 5
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