THE WESTMORELAND.
CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED. [PEIt PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] DUNEDIN, Tins D<y. The steamer Westmoreland reached Port Chalmers at 9.30. this morning. On leaving Bluff last night she bumped heavily in tbe, vicinity of Channel Rock, which is said to be the same place as the Knight of the Garter sustained damage a few years ago. The Westmoreland, .■evidently sustained serious damage, as her ballast tanks in Nos 1, 2, and 3 were filled with water. There is also a leak in the engine room. Number 6 tank near the stern was previously filled with fresh waiter, which is now salt, indicating a leakage there also. L'lie Westmoreland, which is practically a new ship, is on her second voyage to the Dominion. On the last voyage, she was on fire in New Zealand and on the trip home was torpedoed, near the English coast and was beached at Whitehaven, where she lay for three months, the subsequent repairs taking about nine months. The Westmoreland is now about three quarters loaded with frozen and other produce, most of which was loaded in Australia, and which will be discharged at Port Chalmers before the steamer docks for repairs, which are likely to be fairly extensive.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1919, Page 3
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202THE WESTMORELAND. Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1919, Page 3
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