DISABLED VESSEL.
STRIKES A CYCLONE.
MONTORO REAOHES BRISBANE. SIX FEET OF WATER SHIPPED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Sept. 4, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY. Sept, 4. ■lt is learned that when the Montoro put into Brisbane on Sunday night >she had six feet of water in her forward hold.
Temporary repairs which were made in New 'Guinea after the vessel ran aground at Fortification Point pro’ved inadequate when the Montoro struck the full force of a cyclone on the way down the coast and a serious leak developed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19352, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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