NEARLY ON THE RUCKS.
,Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn I SYDNEY, April 2. I lie four-masted/ barque J. and. T. Dollar, the largest sailing vessel that ever entered Sydney, carrying a cargo of 2,660,000 feet of lumber, from America, had' a narrow escape’ from being wibcked c/f the Heads. The tow rope snapped in a heavy sea and the big ship was.driven within a cable length of the rocks before the tug -secured: a new hold. Only skilful handling of the ship bj the barque’s captain and, the plitcky- work of the tug master -averted al disaster.-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16091, 3 April 1923, Page 5
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97NEARLY ON THE RUCKS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16091, 3 April 1923, Page 5
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