SUNKEN SCOW REFLOATED.
HEAVY LOSS OF SLEEPERS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION. ]
TJABGAYILLE. Monday.
The scow which sank as the result of a collision with the Northern Wairoa bridge on Saturday, was refloated on Sunday, and taken on to tho mud flats opposite the town for repairs. The vesaol was laden with 1500 sleepers for the Public Works Department at Pukehuia. Only half of this number have been recovered, and the loss is a severe one for tho owners of the scow, the Kaipara Steamship Company.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18827, 30 September 1924, Page 6
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84SUNKEN SCOW REFLOATED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18827, 30 September 1924, Page 6
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