A STEAMER DISABLED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143772, 22 April 1912, Page 7

A STEAMER DISABLED.

TO BE TOWED TO PORT. Per Press Association WELLINGTON, April 21. A wireless message was received from the Moana, which left Wellington on Friday night for Sydney, slating that the steamer Clan 'Ogilvy is partially disabled. The Clan Ogilvy was bound from Dunedin to Newcastle for coal. The tug Tcrawhiii left Wellington shortly' before, noon to-day, with the object of towing the disabled steamer to this port. ARRIVAL WITHOUT AID. WELLINGTON, April 22. The steamer Clan Ogilvio, reported disabled from Farewell Spit, made the harbour under her own steam at 7 p.tn. yesterday. The vessel has her intermediate shaft bent. REPAIRS EXECUTED. WELLINGTON, April 22.

The Clan Ogilvio broke down about •100 miles off Farewell Spit. She declined assistance from the tug Terawhiti, coming into port under her own steam. From the time repairs had been made to the intermediate shaft, she travelled at the rate of five knots.