STEAMER SUNK.
COASTAL BOAT'S DISASTER. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. Messrs. Levin & Cc's steamer Gertie sank in the Manawatu river, about six miles from Foxton, yesterday, when inward bound from Westport. She grounded evidently in one of the shallows caused by the recent flood, and after some of the coal had been shifted forward she floated off and commenced to go up the river, but it was soon found that she was making water and settling down by the head, and she soon took the ground and remained fast. It is thought probable that a seam opened when the vessel first grounded. A centrifugal pump has been fitted, and pumping operations commenced. It is hoped to float her off and navigate her to Foxton wharf.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 119, 7 October 1912, Page 5
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125STEAMER SUNK. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 119, 7 October 1912, Page 5
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