NORTHUMBERLAND MISHAP
LOCALITY TO BE SWEPT. TUTANEKAFS MISSION. Wellington, Feb. 18. The Government steamer Tutane kai will leave Wellington on or about February for the scene of the recent mishap to the Federal liner Northumberland, which is at presnt discharging her cargo at Auckland preparatory to going into dry-dock for survey and repairs. It is stated that the mishap occurred in. the channel between the Ariel Bank and the mainland to the northeasterward o-f Tuahine Point, which forms the northern extremity of Poverty Bay. It is, of course, not known whether the Northumberland struck a submerged uncharted rock or other obstruction, and the Tutaneßai will carry out a sweep and rough survey, of the channel in the vicinity of the spot where the big steamer came to grief. In the meantime no date has been fixed for the inquiry into the cause of the mishap.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 57, 18 February 1927, Page 5
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145NORTHUMBERLAND MISHAP Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 57, 18 February 1927, Page 5
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