GROUNDED IN A FOG.
MISOAI' TO THE NCAHIiKE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Jan. 4. The Blackball Company's collier Ngahere, while bound from Greymouth to Wellington, grounded lightly on Satur•lay niglit in a thick fog oil' Sinclair Head. The vessel was steaming (lead slow and '"aptain Dillncr was endeavoring to pick up Penearrow Light. He saw a light which lie believed to be Penearrow and steered accordingly, but kept his speeil dead slow. A few minutes later rocks were seen ahead, which were recognised as being off Sinclair Heads. While backing out the ship touched a rock aft, but p.s aire made no water the captain =tood out., and the vessel readied port without further incident. The light ;.vliieh the ship's officers mistook for Penearrow was a fire on a hill near Sinclair Head. The vessel will be examined on Monday, when cargo is discharged, to see if she has suffered structural damage which 13 not apparent now. . ~~ Shipmasters urge that the accident emphasises the need of aR occulting light at Penearrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1918, Page 8
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171GROUNDED IN A FOG. Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1918, Page 8
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