SALVING THE KAIPARA-THE PLIGHT OF A BIG OCEAN LINER
lb The great mat made of canvas and stuffed with straw— which was used to cover up 'the hole in the steamer's plates. The mat is being hoisted into position. (2). Preparations for stopping the inrush of water. (3) The mat being lowered over the side retldv to lie dragged into position. It) An unsavoury job. The work of .recovering the eareases of meat became more and more trying as time elapsed 'and decomposition set in. la) Part of a seow load of meat ready to be taken to sea and Jettisoned ((>) Crates of cheese and bales of tlax recovered from the Kaipara. (7) Pishing up eareases Of mutton from the holds. (8) A general view during the salvage operations.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 4, 26 January 1910, Page 22
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129SALVING THE KAIPARA-THE PLIGHT OF A BIG OCEAN LINER New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 4, 26 January 1910, Page 22
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