NIKAU GOES AGROUND
REFLOATED ON RISING TIDE [ Per Press Association. 1 BLENHEIM, Nov. 17. Feeling her way up Queen Charlotte Sound in heavy rain at 3 o’clock this morning the motor vessel Nikau <97 tons) ran on a reef as she turned the Snout, a long point at the entrance to Picton Harbour, about three miles from the wharf. The vessel sustained no apparent damage and got off on me rising tide at 7.45 a.m. under her own power, with the assistance of a powerful launch, and proceeded to Picton, where she berthed at 8.30: a.m. The Nikau is owned by Levin and Company and commanded by Captain A. Eden, Wellington. She has a complement of ten hands. A preliminary examination indicates no harm to the plates and the vessel this afternoon resumes ner journey from Tarakohe to Wellington with a cargo of cement. The Nikau is a frequent visitor to Picton in the course of her coastal trading in the vicinity of Cook Strait. The mishap occurred when visibility was extremely low.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 5
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