DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED
DA At AGE TO STEAMER HAURAKI. AUCKLAND, March 9. The opinion that the Hauraki was a very lucky ship to have escaped disaster when she grounded at New Plymouth on February 21 was expressed at Calliope Dock when the docking of the vessel made possible an accurate survey of the damage. When the bottom of the vessel became exposed to view the story of what occurred when she grounded at New Plymouth could easily he reconstructed. Her bottom touched oil the starboard side near the bows, and was scraped for a distance of GO feet as she went forward. She touched in several places amidships, and finally she touched and scraped again for about 50 feet well aft on the port side. The first point of impact is marked by a rent about three feet long and six or eight inches wide torn in one of the plates. Astern of this the plates are dented in a long groove extending about 00 feet in length and affecting a width of 15 feet. Alany plates are dented amidships, and several at the stern are holed, as well as dented. The appearances are that the necessary work of repair will occupy about a fortnight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1931, Page 3
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205DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1931, Page 3
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