THE PORT ELLIOT
WEATHER NOW MODERATE. MIA AGE OPERATIONS GO ON. East Pape, Last Night. There was a heavy north-wes gale and a rough sea yesterday eoii-equeatly the small steamers Hun were ut hand for lightering the Pori Eliiot had to take shelter at Hicks Bay, ten miles away. This morning the conditions are better, i aero m a lie.-di breeze from the south-west, ami operations can be gone oil with. The holds of the ship are evidently all lull of water, and at high tide there is no movement in her; but her position is quite sale. There is no chance of the ship breaking up, but she is badly holed and ii will be ditlicult to get her oil ilie rocks. -A WATER-LOGGED BiHP." Later. The latest advices from To Aruroa state that the Port Elliot appears to have lost her former buoyancy, and now has the listless roll of a water logged vessel. Since last night the disabled vessel, according to one observer, appears to have drifted nearly 50 ft. nearer the shore.
An uncondoned report states that the vessel is now llooded throughout to a depth of 10ft. Attempts to send a rope ashore are still proving futile.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2684, 17 January 1924, Page 2
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202THE PORT ELLIOT Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2684, 17 January 1924, Page 2
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