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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 31

The facts in connection with the grounding of the Anglian in Dunedin harbour wore simply these, says the Star :—The Anglian was in tow of the Plucky, and in turning the bond in the channel near the quarantine island the tow rope belonging to the Angiian snapped, causing her heel to take the grou id. It was blowing a heavy westerly gale at jhe moment, and the ship failed to come round in time to miss the tail of the bank. No cargo was taken out, but the ship was trimmed by moving 10- tons of coal into the forw ird bunkers. She was thus brought on an even, keel, and towed off with the assistance of Mae Koputai, being berthed at the cross wharf at 7 p.m. Neither the steamer nor tug sustained the slightest damage. The Wauganui Harbour Board has deci led to purchase a Priestman dredge for work at the river flats.