THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S COLLIER HAWEA. Tie. H»wt» left Newcastle oa July 38 with a cargo of coal for Gisborne, and two_days later broke her shaft. During the month the Teiiel fit adrift the Union Company spared neither tune nor expense in trying to locate the Hawea, at least two of their own ttmmtn and » chartered tug being exclnaively engaged in the search. The Hawea was eventually picked up by the Rakanoa and towed into Sydney.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 44
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80THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S COLLIER HAWEA. Tie. H»wt» left Newcastle oa July 38 with a cargo of coal for Gisborne, and two_days later broke her shaft. During the month the Teiiel fit adrift the Union Company spared neither tune nor expense in trying to locate the Hawea, at least two of their own ttmmtn and » chartered tug being exclnaively engaged in the search. The Hawea was eventually picked up by the Rakanoa and towed into Sydney. Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 44
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