STEAMER STRIKES REEF
U.S.S, CO.’S NEW LINER DAMAGED.
PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night.
News per the steamer Taviuni states that the s s. Atua ran on a reef in Apia Harbor 'when leaving Suva. One of the engines would not work, and the steamer *>went up on the- reef for 15ft. It is stated that the steamer was leaking, evidently having several plates damaged. A marine •Board enquiry into the accident was to take place at Suva on September 5. The Atua is due at Sydney to-morrow.
NOT A SERIOUS MISHAP.
PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received ],2C a.m., Sept. 11. Sydney, Sept. 10.
■ In reference to tbe mishap to the steamer Atue, oabled from Auckland, tbe Sydney office of the Union S.B. Company Istate they were notified by cable of the misbap, wbioh was not regarded as serion?. Tbe Atna was examined by a diver ‘ Apia, and it was reported she bad aus dno damage, Cargo was taken out . , f jiia, and the steamer oon'inued ber '"'ijyage, arriving at Fiji on aohedule time. She left again on Wednesday, and is ex ' peoted to arrive in Sydney on Wednesday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1857, 11 September 1906, Page 3
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