THE STRANDED KAIRAKI.
(Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 22. Enquiries made at tho Kaiapoi Shipping Company’s office to-day as to tho position of the s.s. Kairaki, ashore on the south spit of the Karamea bar, elicited from tho manager the assurance that no danger to the vessel is anticipat- , ed. When crossing the bar the main steam-pipe burst, which has since. Captain Scott reports been repaired. The steamer had been moved almost twenty feet from her former position, towards tho channel, when the warping line carried away.. As tho place where the vessel is stranded is sandy, and the sea is reported fo be smooth, no serious results arc anticipated.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14015, 23 June 1913, Page 4
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111THE STRANDED KAIRAKI. Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14015, 23 June 1913, Page 4
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