SEAMANSHIP SAVES TUG
CRAFT ALMOST TRAPPED
LINER CAUGHT IJY TIDF
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day,
Owing to the hard westerly wind and the strong ebb tide, the tug William C. Daldy narrowly escaped being jammed between the Awatea and Queen's Wharf when the Tasman liner was being berthed this morning.
Quick decisions and good seamanship made the incident less serious thai": it might have been.
Allowing for the tide which was flowing "'like a millrace." Cajptain Davey brought the Jiner round in a wide sweep in the first attempt to berth. The wind and tide were too strong and the Awatea began to drift toward the end of Queen's Wharf. The heavy line connecting the tug with the ship was cut through and the tug was cleared. The Awatea dropped anchor between Queen's and Prince's Wharfs. Then, with the help of the tug, was manoeuvred for the second attempt. This time the liner made an even wider sweep and success was achieved. A line was fired from the gun on the boat deck to the wharf and it was not long before the passengers landed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19792, 21 November 1938, Page 6
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186SEAMANSHIP SAVES TUG Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19792, 21 November 1938, Page 6
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