NARROW ESCAPE OF THE ROTORUA.
IH-r; r,-:v/ .. , (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, This day., The steamer,. Rotorua from .Nelson and" Picton "' was going 1 through the French . Pass -at 1i.45i last might. , Whilst in the eddy the ship’s head, caiited towafdh' the Bluff and inconsequence of steering not acting promptly ;she grazed sharply on-a point opposite the beacon. Capt Anderson at once | called all- hhhdS'- on;iieck "arid 3i had the Ibpat/s { cleared away. . then sounded, but no water was’foundi i Meantime ..she .-had .been beaded .into jElrastlps Buy, it being intended JLq I Pencil Her if necessary £Uid waslteptlhtfiat \ppsition for half, an hour. *,4yj* e eridjof {that time as no water was reported in {the ■welHte&tdSsSlUleft T te:Picton and ithence for Wellington. As the patent fslip is engaged, the steamer will go on Ito Lyttelton. An enquiry will probably ibe held at the Magistrate’s Court to-day.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1056, 6 July 1883, Page 3
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146NARROW ESCAPE OF THE ROTORUA. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1056, 6 July 1883, Page 3
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