THE NIAGARA ARRIVES.
A DISABLED SCREW.
Bv Tolecrrapli.—Press Association,
Auckland, March 22,
The Xiagara arrived at 10 o'clock tliis morning several hours Int<■. Tli" <l<-lsiy was iluo to the centre propellor becoming useless on Saturday evening through th> shafting sinking a fraction of an inch in the stern hearing. The vessel made an average of 13 knots on the two remaining propellnrs. On her arrival a diver examined the shaft, hut it has not yet heen decided whether the steamer shall be docked. The captain says he could proceed to Vancouver on two screws, the disabled screw, which is driven hv a low pressure turbine, being morelv an auxiliary.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 243, 23 March 1915, Page 7
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109THE NIAGARA ARRIVES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 243, 23 March 1915, Page 7
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