WHARF SHED COLLAPSES.
A LOAD OF BASIC SLAG. PRECIPITATED INTO RIVER. [by telegrjlpb.—own corkesponbent . J THAMES. Wednesday. The shed on the Kopuarahi Wharf dropped into the Piako River early yesterday morning. A district settler landed eight tons of basic slag from tho Auckland steamer on Tuesday, but as this was left on the wharf where it obstructed the landing of road metal for tho ferry approaches some five tons, of it were shifted into the shed on Tuesday afternoon by county employees. Fourteen hours later a , stringer under tho shed, measuring Win. by 4in., broke and the shed, decking and manure are now at the bottom of the river.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19291, 1 April 1926, Page 8
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