WRECK OF A TUG.
Press Association Auckland, February fc. Tho tug 'fxui Aunruii was totally wrecked near Whangarei llamte oji Wednesday. Tho steamer had coaled tit Y-.'hangarci and wont to Kauri Mountain ' for a raft of logs, when making into huo."i, al.iout half a mile off she struck a rock, surge was on at"tho ii«y> and rocks penetrated the 'bottom of the wss.J. which r-fis soon full of water. The tug boat reJidiM. wr.3 despatched by the JJevonport Ferry Co., owners of tho .■U/aj-np., and (ho vessel was su-ipped of everything /;<' y;diio. The .crew are a-tt safe. The. Company iijHiiru thci,'. - own vessels. The place where lhu .<* warua struck id known as Fanny Kelly reef, where some years ago a ketch of that riiMiic was lost with all hands, including a number ••?- women and children.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8736, 9 February 1907, Page 2
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135WRECK OF A TUG. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8736, 9 February 1907, Page 2
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