REFLOATING TRAWLER
SUCCESSFUL SALVAGE Successful salvage work on the trawler Waiwera, owned by Waitemala Fisheries, Limited, which sank on Sunday night alter striking a rock off Whale Island, near Whakatane. was expected to enable the vessel to be floated yesterday, when it was hoped to take her to Tauranga for final repairs. Lying in a favourable position on the sand, the vessel was patched at low tide by her crew of four, under the supervision of the com pa ny *s inn na gcr. A trawler from Whakatane was commissioned to assist in the salvaging. The damage to the Waiwera is estimated at a few hundred pounds.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 16 November 1939, Page 3
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107REFLOATING TRAWLER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20096, 16 November 1939, Page 3
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