Grounding of the S.S. Tainui.
(UNITED FBEBB ASSOCIATION.) ; POBI i CHALJfKBJ, The Bteant«r Tautgj, w)u!st steajfling i^pwii "the harltour at 12.30 yestorday n her noon , er<iiiiid(«d at \])p |«»ff er. pa^t «f P0 \. Efay :jn fPnUPflMence* of her pteaii) sfee>jij{j gear gftting out pfonler. All t!fforiß were mnde to get her off, hut a» the tide was falling this was ; not accompliahed' nntil rioon to-day, when, hnving heen lightened by pntnping out lier forward ballast tank, gome 250 tons, she waH towed into dy«p^ water, and l«ft fpr Wellington at 1245 P-Pr, The point pn wliich she straiider!. is perfectly qinootli and saiidyj so i tli4t beyond a few houra deteiiUon a|ie J|«a fjot Bnpred any u>magf. She itfcw tftc' fftllQwiiig oargb f»r f-.«nijon.:—ttO M\w wptjl; akinf, and jeflMl'Ti §8 casks t»Hp>T, and H)toi \ 1 440 B«pl«B jjjiiir j £724 c?*Fcasoß and §00 haff P»wf»«in»tton; For Itf" Jahi.i«r«> : 28Q sacks flUir. Passtfiisersf or WeiUni;toi» : Mr and Mra J. H. Pullar, and Mr Horace Rose. , _ ..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 60, 10 August 1885, Page 3
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164Grounding of the S.S. Tainui. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 60, 10 August 1885, Page 3
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