VESSEL TO BE FLOATED.
Ts T i'\\ I'j^movtji, June 14. Tiik Uawci lemaiue. in the yunc position. Captain Beiulall, who anived from Wellington in tho "YVauaka yc.-aerday afternoon, ib now making (i.c neec^ary examination Of the vessel. Tiio gcncial opinion i& that f-f.c can be catily iloabed again. The liarboui master and resident engineer ■-cout the idea ot rock* being at rhc s.pot the ]ftn\ca i>> f>aid to have s-Unok, Captain Holdfoul says he has ve}>catedly sounded wheic t.hcvcjfcclip said to havcbtruck avock, and could not Had boulders or rockfe of any kind. Ue says also that lie is not pure that the llawca did not strike her own anchor. The llawca was drawing 12ft when she struck, and the cliai t sliows 16 tolTttof water at tlie i-[mt. The Hawcu, in coming into the wharf, has ficqucntiy miido a similar detour without mibhap. TUE INQUIRY. At tho Hawoa Avrcok enquiry the otho 1 witnesses examined were Bannalync, .Inmo & Melvor, Wilkinson, and tho Haibour" master. The preliminary inquiry them closed.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 273, 16 June 1888, Page 5
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170VESSEL TO BE FLOATED. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 273, 16 June 1888, Page 5
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