SUNK IN THE MANAWATU RIVER.
A STRANDED S'J'EAMER. IHY •ra.Milt \IMI. I'IU.S:-. VSMH'I STION. j Wellington, This Day. Levin and Co'.s steamer Gertie s-ank in the Manawatu river about six miles from Foxton, yesterday, when inward bound from Westport. She grounded evidently in one of the shallows* caused by the recent ilood, and after some of the coal had been shifted forward, she floated oil' and commenced going up the river. K was mood found that she was making water, and nettling down by the head, and shn soon took ground and remained fust. It in thought probable a .seam opened when the vessel first grounded. A eentri-
fugal pump has been fitUui, and pumping operations eoiiniK'ncod. it is hoped to ilont her oil', and navigate her to Fox ton wharf.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 506, 5 October 1912, Page 5
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131SUNK IN THE MANAWATU RIVER. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 506, 5 October 1912, Page 5
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