ANCHOR LINE BREAKS
PORT BOWEN POUNDED BROADSIDE ON THE BEACH Because of the breaking, iof ■ two * lines attached from -the- stranded freighter,. Port Bowen, to mushroom, anchors, the vessel has now drifted; broadside-on, to Castlecliff beach, and: is in much, the same position - as before efforts were made to warp her. out to. deeper wafer. \ There was a heavy sea and' wesK tcrly wind ut; : the. time of the mishap, and as .the liner was buoyant and lively the strain proved too severe for the,-ckbids,: which snapped. The tug Lyttelton II was ordered' from Lyttelton and arrived off the Wanganui River entrance early oh Sunday . morning, but her service?,' were, hot required and she returned; without entering port.-
The Lyttelton II was one of three' tugs which' assisted.; in the salvage operations when the Port Bowen went ashore oh July l&i There was-a' very rough sea. Off Castlecliff on Sunday and- the stranded ship received a buffeting from big seas which lashed the coast. - ■/ 'v
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20058, 3 October 1939, Page 3
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