MISHAP TO A STEAMER.
BEACHED TO AVOID fiDJEDfa (by- TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Hawera, Wednesday, At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, as' I the steamer Kapunui was entering Paiea - ' ; Harbour, she struck the end o' the eastern: breakwater. _ i , y'f\ \ After the vessel struck she was headed, up the river, and after travelling, 500 yds ! from the entrance., as the water was gabi-i;;vi\'', ; .- : ing and had then reached tho engineroom, Captain Mcintosh deemed it advisable, so as not to block navigation, .ran the vessel ashore. She was safely beached oj ," '•' j the western side of thy river. It water at the time. The extent of the damage is unasewtaia- '•:.; v-}'. able.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14923, 22 February 1912, Page 6
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