Wreck of the Triumph
' ♦ There it now no hope of this vessel being floated, and she is expec'.ed to break in two. On Sunday last three small steamers made a united effort to tow her off tbe reef, bat froi- want of power tbe «xperiment was a failure. A suggestion lies beeifcinade to tow the wreck off by employing-Union steamers,, but as these vessels are aot adapted for the purpose, il is not probable this wilt be attempted. By late/ telegrams we learn that the steamer lies in the same position, and that the captain has. abandoned the vessel to the underwriters.
[ran tnriTKD pbebs association.] . Auckland, This Day. At the conference, of Engineers this afternoon for the purpose of considering the possibility or otherwise of lifting the Triumph off the rock into deep water by the agency of compressed air. it was generally believed that the project was feasible and eventuaUy a proposition was adopted and submitted to the agents of the vessel, Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co., but the terms have not yet transpired. The cap- ' tain of the Bengal considers that the Tiiumph may be got off with proper appliance!. He says she ia not in so bad _ position as the Serata was at Adelaide.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 78, 4 December 1883, Page 3
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