INTERCOLONIAL CARGO VESSEL WRECKED AT GREYMOUTH: SHIP SWEPT OVER THE BAR AND CAST ASHORE The Abel Tasman (2047 tons), which was swept from her berth at Greymouth while the Grey River was in high flood on Saturday. The vessel drifted over the bar, was carried northward by the current and was driven ashore on North Beach. Members of the crew reached the shore safely with eai of a breeches buoy. «
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22475, 20 July 1936, Page 11
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70INTERCOLONIAL CARGO VESSEL WRECKED AT GREYMOUTH: SHIP SWEPT OVER THE BAR AND CAST ASHORE The Abel Tasman (2047 tons), which was swept from her berth at Greymouth while the Grey River was in high flood on Saturday. The vessel drifted over the bar, was carried northward by the current and was driven ashore on North Beach. Members of the crew reached the shore safely with eai of a breeches buoy. « New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22475, 20 July 1936, Page 11
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