LINER RUNS AGROUND.
MISHAP ON SUFFOLK COAST.
REFLOATED ON HIGH TIDE
• r (Received February 3. 5.5 p.m.)
British Wireless. RUGBY. Feb. 2. The Union Castle liner Garth Castle ran aground early yesterday morning off Aldcburgh, on tho Suffolk coast. Tlie liner does not appear to have suffcicd any dam-
age. Tugs were sent from London to assist in refloating her, and this was effected on the rising tide. The Garth Castle, a'vessel of 7715 tons, built in 1910, was bound for Londou from Hamburg. A representative of the Union Castle Line says the liner has no passengers on board. Sho goes to the Continent only to load, and having been to Hamburg and Rotterdam was on her way back to London, in readiness for sailing to South and East Africa on Thursday next.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20171, 4 February 1929, Page 9
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