MISHAP TO STEAMER.
DLMiVEIN ON--ROCKS AND
BEIACIIEID
WELLINGTON, March 12. The Kowhai's mishap is■•more serious than wnsi supposed. While getting out past the Molei.at 8.30 sheiippeareß to gpb out of control cs she entered the siwirl of wa.tr -ers caused by the meeting, of the ebb -tidci and the heavy incoming sea, She was driven right .across the. Mole and serious d'amla.ge. was so> obvious that she was turned for the harbour leaking: in the enginei room. The fires went, out off Pilot! Beach, but the ciapltaiin, siuicdeeded in Beaching! her near a. weigk-ehd pleasure report. At .11 a.m. the engine ■ room -was full of •writer and eighteeoii inches of water ■wea'€i over the deck at the stern. The ciara© of about 100 tons wa.s dry, mud ii. hulk was sent at noon €o sal-
vage ft.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14474, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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137MISHAP TO STEAMER. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14474, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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