COLLISION AT THE WHARF.
At half-past 3 o’clock this morning the brig Fawn, of Lyttelton, which was at No. 7 berth, broke away from her moorings, and swung round bn to the brigantine Emma, loaded with timber. A perfect gale of wind was blowing from the N.W., and the brig was carried broadside on to the schooner; smashing in her starboard bulwarks, and starting several other planks of her top sides. When we went to press: the schooner looked in a very uncomfortable position, as every squall of wind forced the brig with violence against the schooner. Nothing could he done when our reporter saw them, as it was impossible to move the brig, there being too much wind, and a nasty sea washing against her.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 533, 30 April 1878, Page 2
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126COLLISION AT THE WHARF. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 533, 30 April 1878, Page 2
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