BTBANDING OF THK PENGUIN. —♦

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 41, 16 January 1880, Page 2

STRANDING OF THE PENGUIN.

Considerable consternation was caused in town yesterday afternoon by the receipt of the intelligence that the U.S.S. Co.'s steamer Penguin had gone ashore at Tauranga. It will be remembered that this was the scene of the disaster to the ill-fated Tanpo, and moreover, that the Penguin had been purchased specially to replace that unfortunate steamer. The information to hand concerning the accident is rather meagre, but this is now a matter of no moment, as a telegram was received during the evening stating that the steamer had been floated off at 4.30 p.m., high wa'er, without having sustained the slightest damage, and that she would at once resume her passage to Southern ports. It appears that she went ashore at tho entrance to Tauranga, on the opposite side to that on which the Taupo lies, bat there was happily this difference, that the bank was composed entirely of sanl ; and as the steamer la built of the beat Lowmoor iron it would he almost impossible to injure her. The Staffa was at ome despatched to her assistance, and took off the mails and passengers, but further assistance was not required, as the vessel floated off on the tide making