WAITANGI WRECKED.
PROBABLY A TOTAL LOSS. [uv Tr.i.F.GßArir —per raess association.] HAAVERA, May 5. The Pa tea. Freezing Coy’s steamer AVaitangi, when attempting to enter Pntea port about mid-day, met with a mishap and ran on the rocks on the western side of the mole. Ihe vess.l was badly holed at the tune of telegraphing through. She will probablj ho a total wreck. The AYnitrmg. was bringing coal from tho West Coast. One of the crew is reported injured lhe weather is had and the sea is rough. Title s.s. AVaitangi was a steel turnscrew steamer of 171 tons. She "as well-decked and carried her machinery Ft She was built in 1389 by the Urangmouth Dockyard Company, Ornngmouth, England for the Kami Timber Company, and was for some time known as the s.s. Banks 1 emnsula.]
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1923, Page 3
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136WAITANGI WRECKED. Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1923, Page 3
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