WEST COAST NEWS.
Per Press Association, Hokitika, last night. Tho oil-ongincd scow I'ho has been eon pictely wrecked at Saltwater beach, whei tho little boat was to beach and lan machinery for a dredging claim. Tb cargo was safely landed, but before tfc craft was rofloated a heavy sea came oi knocking the hull about badly. It wa deemed advisable to dismantle tho sbi) and everything movable is now bein packed overland to Okariti. The crew ar all safe. Private letters from South Africa repor the very serious illness of Mr R. \V Wale, who left here three months ago fo Capetown, suffering from throat malady It appears that there are little hopes fo bis recovery. Mr 11. A. Gordon arrives here tonigh to investigate on behalf of tho Govern rnent the compensation claims in regarc to the proclamation of the Hokitika rivei as a sludge channel. A second attempt was made to float the Hokitika dredge down the river on lasi night’s flood. Tho dredge, however grounded on tho south side of the rivet about a mile from tho wharf. As tho rain ceased the river is falling. Probably the machinery still a'board will be punted down and the hull takon to pieces whore it lies and floated down for shipment to Nelson, in which district tho dredge will bo re-elected.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 826, 14 February 1903, Page 3
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