ARAWA'S BROKEN TAIL SHAFT
[BY teleorAp3. ASSOCIATION.]
Wellington, Monday. The accident to the steamship Arawa, which arrived here yesterday, happened on November 15, when she was about a-third of the distance from the Cape to Hobart. There was a high sea running at the time. A thud was felt, and it was found that the starboard propeller, weighing 11 tons, had dropped off. With the other propeller, the Arawa continued to make over nine knots per hour, though the fires wore drawn from two boilers, which had become useless. Most of the passengers were unaware of the mishap for some time.
Examination at Hobart showed that the tail shaft had broken off just inside the stern tube. The vessel only left the builders in February of last year, and the cause of the fracture is unknown. A new propeller will be made in Wellington, and fitted here or in dock at Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13927, 8 December 1908, Page 6
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