STEAMER ASHORE.
WRECK ON EAST COAST, NO SICK OF StOTWOBS, VESSEL NOT IDENTIFIED. STEAMERS HURRYING TO RESCUE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. Word was received by the police this evening that a steamer i 9 in distress near the Poutae rocks, about ten miles south of Tolaga Bay. Blasts from the steamer were heard at four o'clock on Sunday morning. Reports vary as to the size of the steamer, Further word received by the police near midnight stated the funnel has k'one. There are no signs of life or lights, and seas are breaking over the vessel, which is deep down in the water.
The Monowai left Gisborne at noon, and the Arahura at 1 p.m., both for Auckland, and may sight the stricken vessel. The manager of the Union Company despatched the collier Poherua from Gisborne at 10.30 to-night, and the steamer Putiku from Tolaga Bay at 20.45 to-night. Both nre speeding to the scene of the accident. It was feared that the vessel was the Kia Ora, which has been loading at Tokomaru Bay, but a wireless message wa3 received from that vessel at midnight stating she is all right.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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193STEAMER ASHORE. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1920, Page 5
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