VESSEL HELD BY PINNACLE ROCK.
Wellington,: Jan. 31, 10.35 p.m. An Pxamiiiaiion disclosed tii;\t there was 2ft oi vator in th-c bilges of the bridge bulkhead. Water was bubbling through pints of the stokehold lioorplateSj luit the cn^iiie-room was quite dry, sndio-.itii'jr i.hat the damc.uo was •forward.
Tlie vo^sel j? apparontly liv-Id hard and fast b*• c pinnacle rock jut uiido:'No. 2 hold" She moved somewluit m<ler the strain of the to]):'s at hi^li water, perhaps 2i't. A Imlk wan placed aloii^sidr tl:o Komata this afic-nsoon to I'ecr-ive coal.
A small steamer is standing by iili night in r-;ise the weather changes. The latest lypov*: .states that tihtw is no alt-oration in the Komixta's position. .N<.thii;o; furthw can be do-io till high water at 1 a.m., when a.nothcr attempt to t-jvv o^ the vessel will be made.
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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13999, 1 February 1916, Page 6
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137VESSEL HELD BY PINNACLE ROCK. Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13999, 1 February 1916, Page 6
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