THE CUTTER FLORA.
I ' BEACHED AT SHOAL BAY. I PM' ::: M:i-y'^>f^'^ :: ! : ■'' ''■■;-i :^;, .-.ry; : ). : '':v.-::';' ; ....■■ ... . • . '¥hk cutter Flora, which foundered off the .' -North Shore on the morning of July 20. -was 'raised , between the hulks Irene and /Mabel . on , Friday iiiglit, and the boats; , wore towed nvcr to Mechanics* Hay early J on Saturday morni!;•_:. The Flora, how- - ever, took* the ground in seven fathoms" of ', water, and they were theft anchored. Some, time wards the boats drag- - ged their anchors, anil drifted up '. the .harbour,',, but V were picked up by the tug-' ;;-. boat Pelican, and brought down the har- ' bour again, pud anchored. ' It was then decided to' beach the Flora in Shoal Bay, v'-where eho grounded in four fathoms _ of water. The work of raising'the vessel ami. taking her higher up on the beach will 1"' commenced this morning,. ■;■' ' : ' - '■"'"' ' '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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141THE CUTTER FLORA. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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