THE TAKAPUNA
(To this Editor “N.Z. Times.”) Sir, —In an article on the old steamship Takapuna you state that she never met with an accident during her seafaring career. This is, I am sure, contrary to fact. As near as possible in 1884 she struck a submerged object, somewhere off Gisborne, and dragged a hole in her bottom under a watertight compartment, but the occurrence was not reported, and it was not found until she was docked for cleaning and painting some lengthy time afterwards. Two passengers in one of the cabins were thrown out of their bunks on to their backs, one being a Mr Scott, who, I think, was a commercial traveller or a commission agent, and the other’s name I forget. Owing to that occurrence. Captain Jones left the company, and acquired a steamer called the Herald, and ran her for a time on his own account, but later on the Union Steam Ship Company chartered her, and Captain Jones continued running her on their behalf for many years. ALE. FELDWICK.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12169, 20 June 1925, Page 4
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