HEAVY REPAIR JOB.
INDRABAItAH SIGHTED IN DOCK. (By Telecrash.—l'rfsp A•»<ycto»••lti.i Duncdin, July 29. The Indrabarah was nut in dock to-day for survey and inspection. Her rudder is badly twistod throughout its entire length, and about 10ft. of its lower end has been carried awny. The blades of both propellers wero broken off about half-way. It is understood that some of tho frames and hull plates from No. 3 hatch aft aro "set up" in several places sufficiently to crack the cement lining of tho floors. Several ironies arc said to have worked free from the rivets in places, and, in No. 3 hold, ii number of rivets havo been sheared off from the stanchion bases. It is also feared that a good deal of damage has been dono under the after peak ballast tanks. It is believed that the work of repairing the Indrabarah will br» tho largest nndertakiiic of the kind over put ill hand at Port Chalmers.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1815, 30 July 1913, Page 4
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159HEAVY REPAIR JOB. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1815, 30 July 1913, Page 4
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