THE OMAPERE
; j v ■ (BY TELEGRAPH.! (UNITED PfIESS ASSOCIATION.) "Westpoet, May 21. The cargo of coal is now nearly all jettisoned from the Omapere, hands haying. been at work throwing it overboard since she went ashd?e. steamer is high and dry at low water, and can be walked round dry-footed. She lies directly at the foot of tbe main street, about half .a; roile. out on-the Beach. Stout hawsers have been stretched fromr" the steamer across the' river! to the South Spit, where they are securely fastened. These -are hauled upon- by steam-winches aboard, and at high tide at midnight the Mahinapua will pnt a hav/ser aboard and assist, when it is hoped the vessel will be got into the channel. '""The" Gmapere does not appear to have received any con* siderable damage so far. • | This Day. - The Omapere got off apparently un« injured.. ; : . .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 143, 25 May 1883, Page 2
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144THE OMAPERE Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 143, 25 May 1883, Page 2
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