DANGER SIGNALS.
(SCOW WHAKAPAI FLYING DISTRESS FLAG.
Tilt; scow Whakapai, which hsd been lying stranded on the beach at Tokomaru Bay for some weeks, was successfully floated on Saturday, temporary repairs having been effected. The scow set sail for Auckland, but the wind not being favorable littie headway was made. At half-past eleven yesterday morning the scow was off Tuparoa, and was observed to bo Hying the signal of distress. It was impossible to render aid at Tuparoa, where there was only one boat, and that of a kind that could not possibly live in the sea that was running at the time. The steamer Te Anau passed by half an hour earlier, and no signal of distress appeared to have been given when tho steamer was iD the vicinity. Tho weather was very thick off the coast. It is to be hoped that reassuring information as to tho scow will be received this morning.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 225, 30 September 1901, Page 2
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