LEAK INTO HOLD

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1935, Page 5

LEAK INTO HOLD

WAIPAWA DELAYED AT AUCKLAND. OVERFLOW OF BILGE WATER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night Owing to water leaking into the No. 2 lower hold of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s motor-ship Waipawa, about 24,000 carcases of frozen meat are being transferred from the hold into other freezing chambers in the ’tween deck to ascertain if any damage has been done to carcases stowed at the bottom of the hold. The leak into the hold was not due to a defect in the vessel’s construction but was caused through a fresh water hose being accidentally led into the bilge pipe instead of into the fresh water tank, with the result that the bilges filled and the water overflowed into the bottom of the lower hold before the mistake was noticed. The unloading of the hold will be completed to-morrow. Any carcases damaged will be sent ashore for reconditioning. The insulation in the bottom of the hold may also be damaged and necessitate repairs before the hold is reloaded. The Waipawa is the company’s newest motor-ship and is on her maiden voyage. The vessel arrived from Wanganui on Wednesday and was to have sailed on Saturday for Napier and Wellington to complete loading. The accident to her hold is delaying her departure.