Shipping Casualty.
THE S.S.MACGIIKGOR AGROUND AT WAITARA. J_BV TELEGRAPH. J (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) New Plymouth, Ju!y 18. The st-amer Macgregor, which has been detained m the Waitara Kiver j 4ght days, owing to a saad bank which j had formed and prevented her getting out, attempted to leave this morning, and grounded on the south spit, where she now lies. An attempt was made to lighten her, but without effect, and she now lies on the spoc where tbe steamer Rowena groundad two years ago, and where she was two months before again floating. Thero 13 a lumpy sea on, and the Macgregor's position is critical- The New Plymouth harbor tug is lending her every assistance, The steamer Rowena, not being able to enter Waitara, came on to New Plymouth to discharge her cargo this morning,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 191, 19 July 1883, Page 2
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136Shipping Casualty. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 191, 19 July 1883, Page 2
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