STEAMER BEACHED.
STRIKES'A BREAKWATER. ENTERING PATEA HARBOR. *■'■') At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, as ~~A the steamer Kapuni (Captain Macintosh) % was entering Patea Harbor, she struck ,V the end of the eastern breakwater. The >.-' l steamer was flying light, and there- was ; -wj a nasty cross sea with a westerly wind.' After the vessel struck she was headed'-!-"' up the river, and after travelling some j 500 yards from the entrance, as the ./ water was gaining and had then reached ' \ the engine-room, ""Captain Macintosh "'$ deemed it advisable, so as not to block ' V; navigation, to run the vessel aihore, anjjl she was safely beached on the. western .„-'; side of the river., It was high water at "fl the time, and the extent of the damage'-' \ could not be ascertained.—Uawera Star. •"■ VESSEL'S POSITION UNSAFE. 'J SALVAGE GEAR FORWARDED. " 'l* By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. 'Y\ News was reached by the local agents ■ y; of the Patea Shipping Company to-day ' --\ that the Kapuni was aground in the 1; river at Patea. The vessel has taken *i in water, and it is stated she is not in ■ -}, a particularly safe position. The com- \;: ( pany shipped a centrifugal pump and , '•■; other salvage gear to the vessel this af- - S ternoon. • • '''
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 200, 21 February 1912, Page 5
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206STEAMER BEACHED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 200, 21 February 1912, Page 5
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