ACCIDENT TO THE PUKAKI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 9

ACCIDENT TO THE PUKAKI.

I^;?NK-{Br;mK<iiAPnSsrEMir. ! cbrm«!ifoMb^r,f : V;■ V-.v S'vjA ;: gbpdjydeal'; of ;■; anxietj , ;. |was; ..caiised,"- by ;tKc;;nnnrarrival,',6f.itbe.:Manulta .from.Sydney; li : P: 'yiaotlw/easii; -'ippasti i/ye3terday;<ruoruing;;and ".■v/.-i.'iri: , . r. ;;■ -■ tol'searoh '-ior:>lier.">;The -ipause"of i-the'iclelay s :-;^;happily .was iibfes'eri6us^aM;it;.waß^hoi;,-due :^;^Stp;-:any.;;l)reakdoivn ;: . : ehithej Manuka -herself. /■_ ;' : : v: The;;jcba'stal i.'Pukaki;.":';. : -.with- i-obal : V : v; ffqni":'Westport fors.Dunedinitwas:;tKe' cause, yx': -I'ukakr- leftiWestnbrt: on' , Thursday:- for y.; vdirectjiand^ivhen ... v Kalf-past-/;fcUr.Cbh"Satufday ;,yj afternoon/, tirojof; the coupling•• bolts;pn; the. ;:■-, .^cranUi^shafti;broke,■:;^necessitating:'reduced . ■ v V>;.speed;-i-s:Betweenisix-amlvSeyen^o^jlock;'the «f •■■;; saite. evening ■■■. ;the,v ;liad l .ieft : ":'..': Lytteltori about'<.threeo'clockv came ! along ;:yvO : an(l; i ;stoo(lA:by;;th&.Pukaki''ali-. : night;:, Mr. ;rt. : :Sftiart^:. superintendeht; engineer"-; -'for.v 'the ::'w^ om P. t i n y.vK a sja-passen^er.rby:: ; tbe. Manuka;. Z ■ and.,ne};boarded ' thei Tukaki,^arid'-had^a ;-.: consaltation. .with :tKe:-chief engineer,: as v i ■ ;v, o-iewas'vdeoided:: that-the ■-■'■' .-• thlD « ~-:W\A&:. :be^'.to::,tow;=;the-Pukaki ; ;..,.;.;d<iivn^to;Dunedm.;,This'Tvas:done > ; arid: the: v : v was ...brought-, up' to , *'■■ ; -.morning;; by,.the having, waited ■ out- ;:. .y- r: -Bide^thov-Hcads - .nine" last -:A .night "The;Waipbri .did V;;;i;.Mt; e et ;;: far^beforo 'sho :nietHth6>other :i two c. -;: steamers;-:- : .The-P.ukaki/: had -there been r?cer-■;-.v tainty:;that:;tho.i;;weather: :would- 'remain ,'.v: -.vfine,-jwould Jiaye ;cpme:along; by herself,' but : there .tois. danger that ( - the; remaining bolts ....'-. :with :the:extra;:strain;:that;they would have ;;r.jio-hoar; D i ) giit^break'doiva-too.' ; : ■-"