THE S.S. CHARLES EDWARD.
Messrs W. R. Tuck and Woolf, of Wanganui, have purchased the » wrecked'vessel, the Charles Edward, and her cargo. The steamer met with a mishap while crossing the bar: recently. The Charles-' Edward ' has had a remarkable career, and has done faithful service for her owners, the Anchor Company, since 1864, the date of her launching. She was first a paddle steamer, but now nothing of the 1 original;boat remains, unless it be one or two old plates sheathed on either side of the hull. The Anchor Company justly points to its forty odd; years’ record, in which it is said it has never lost a life or shad any one killed in handling cargo 1 . The boat is well-known locally, i ■ ’ r
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 29 December 1908, Page 2
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126THE S.S. CHARLES EDWARD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 29 December 1908, Page 2
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