DANGER TO STEAMER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23182, 31 October 1938, Page 10

DANGER TO STEAMER

WATER IN THE TANIWRA SHIP'S LIST AT MOORINGS MOVED INTO SHALLOWS Discovered yesterday to be in a leaking condition, the Northern Steamship Company's passenger steamer Tannvha, which has been out of commission at moorings in Shoal Bay, was moved to shallower water as a precautionary measure. The Taniwha, at one time a popular vessel for travellers to Paeroa, was seen by a passing steamer to have developed a pronounced list and in a position which might have become

dangerous. Arrangements were made for the Taniwha to be towed inside the Western Viaduct to the seawall on the western side of the hay at high tide last night. This plan, however, was postponed, and at 11 p.m. a launch left to move the steamer to shallower water in Shoal Bay. She will probably be towed inside the viaduct at high tide about noon to-day. A wooden steamer of 263 tons gross, the Taniwha was built at Mechanics' Bay in 1898 by Mr. R. Logan, senior, being specially constructed for river service to Paeroa from Auckland. She was engaged on this run for most of her career. In September, 1930, the Taniwha struck a snag in the Waihou River when approaching Paeroa, and sank at Puriri Wharf. The steamer was withdrawn from service some years ago, and was last in commission during peak excursion periods last summer.