VESSELS ASHORE AT WESPORT
[per united press association.]
The Union Company's steamship Beautiful Star was stranded on the north spit at Westport when leaving the port at 4 o'clock this morning. The weather was stormy and sea heavy. The particulars of the accident are not yet obtainable. The steamer will most likely be got off at hisrh tide. Steamers and sailing vessels of greater draft than the Star went out yesterday. The Ada C. Owen is still ashore, despite every effort to get her off, dead neap tide being against the success of the work. The vessel lies in the " strath," between the main beach and the sea, and is not likely to be floated before the spring tides. The Ada C. Owen is insured in the North British, and owned in Auckland. Later. The captain of the Beautiful Star signalled, "Grounded on shoal at 5 a.m. -; want immediate assistance ; have two anchors out astern; discharging cargo (coal). May be got off if prompt assistance rendered the next tide. Not making water." The Southern Cross will make an attempt to tow the steamer off this afternoon if a sufficiently strong hawser can be found. Nbfarther communication than above stated has yet been held with the Star. Ada C. Owen is apparently uninjured. The men. were working at her for 56 hours at a stretch without rest.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4119, 24 August 1882, Page 2
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226VESSELS ASHORE AT WESPORT Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4119, 24 August 1882, Page 2
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