A VESSEL BLOWN TO SEA.
[United Peess Association.]
Cisborne, March 14
The scow Waikonini arrived from Tauranga after 14 days' stormy passage. On the second day out the vessel struck a south-east gale and mountainous seas. The forward centre board was carried away and the pumps had to be worked day and night. TBo vessel was blown to sea, and was seven days out of sight of land. She brought up opposite Mercury Bay. her water tanks having been flooded, and th€j crew had to drink brackish, water* '
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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13055, 15 March 1911, Page 2
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88A VESSEL BLOWN TO SEA. Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13055, 15 March 1911, Page 2
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