THE TAWERA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1505, 13 July 1905, Page 3

THE TAWERA.

RE-FLOATED THIS MORNING. A large crowd gathered on tbo besob between one and two p.m yesterday in tl e hope of seeieg tbo Tawera refloated. The other vessels boing acenplod with the steemers, and the necessary gear not being to hand, the operations wpis oonfinod to tho Tawera herself. Under Captain Palmer the vessel’s engines and tho har d winch wero employed in pulling on »n anchor placed some distance oat.' The vessel wan moved about 6 feet, and several times it appeared as if she would be got into deep water with that tide. Bat tho success did not extend farther than tlaai, and tho tido began to fall, end tbo efforts bad to bo abandoned for the time being. About an hour before high tide this morning Captain Palmer again got to work with the appliances made use of yesterday afternoon, . and the progress then mode served the vessel in good stead, and soen a move outwards was niado. The vosspl was slewed around gradually and then worked into deeper water. Shortly after one o’clock this morning tho Tawera bed reached a safe uuphorago, and by 2.45 she was berthed snugly at the wharf. Captain Palmor and those with him deserve groat credit for their offorls. A relic of the trouble at the groyne on Sunday night consisted of two iron rails which had fallen aboard the vessel, one crashing down beside the captaiu.