THE STRANDED KAURI
examination OF DAMAGE,'
CHANCES OF REFLOATING^
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WKSTroiiT, Sunday. An examination of the stranded steamer Kauri mado by Captain McDonald, the Union Steam Ship Company's marina superintendent, showed that I hero are holes in the bottom under Nov. 1 and ] lipid? and under the engincroom. The tide is ebbing and Howies through the open.
Sugar stowed in No. 3 hold h.i« nu-lt<ed and entirely disappeared. while nthcr cargo is afloat* Captain Mi Donald hopes that it, will l.« possible to rejuir tho • damage sufficiently to enable t!i«- steamer to be refloated. Work is now proceeding with a view to covering the ii- !rs with iron plates. Punius, hawsers, and othct salvage gear, brought from Wellington by | the Terawhiti, are being carted to tho .scene of the wreck.
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New Zealand Herald, 29 June 1914, Page 8
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