PIER CUT IN TWO
SHIP ESCAPES DAMAGE PORT MELBOURNE SMASH MELBOURNE, May 2. In one of the most remarkable shipping accidents in Melbourne in many years, the coastal freighter Aroona escaped undamaged after ploughing right through the pier of Williamstown, near Port Melbourne, late on Saturday night. About 2:100 square feet of pier wasi completely demolished, leaving the end of the pier isolated from the shore end. The damage is estimated at £isooo. The cause of the accident is believed to be the failure of the Aroona's steering gear. Hundreds of huge logs, piles, an<l planks floated across to the opposite side of the bay eight miles away, constituting a danger to .shipping.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19314, 3 May 1937, Page 5
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