THE FLOATING OF THE TRIUMPH
An Auckland telegram dated yesterday at 11.45 p m says:—The Triumph has not yet arrived. Four steamers are now with her in the Gulf towing her up stern foremost, the Waitaki, Glenelg, Rotomahana, and McGregor. In the floating operations the h itches were battened down, steam got up, and water pumped out, when at high water she floated oft. A gale rising her hawsers parted, and at one time it was feared she would drift on to the Shearer Bock. Men were working up :o the waist in water in the stoke bole, and owing to the list of the vessel it was difficult to pump her. At one time fears were entertained for the lives of all on board, but Mr Fisher, engineer of the Triumph, dived to the door of the compartment of Ho 2, and let the water in, which rendered the Vrssel more stable and equable. The Triumph at last got to the lee of Tiritiri, where desperate efforts were made to keep the water under till the steam tugs signalled for, arrived, and steps oiuld be taken to reduce the water in the sloke hole, which threatened to put out the fires. On the steamers arriving the worst was over. The Triumph is expected in harbor in the morning. All engaged on the wreck deserve great praise for their courage.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 2
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230THE FLOATING OF THE TRIUMPH Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1041, 4 January 1884, Page 2
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