STEAMER STRIKES WHARF.
ACCIDENT AT WELLINGTON.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night
The steamer Mapourika, on arriving this morning from Nelson, was caught by ft violent squall and collided with the wharf. The latter was damaged to the exent of £2OO or £3OO, being cut »uto to a depth of twelve feet. Only Cwo rivets were started in the veesel’B hull. When off Terawliiti at five o clock this morning stewards discovered a port had been left open in the Mapourika. s steward's store-room. The water tourid its wav into the after hold, which contained no cargo. Pumping operations cleared the water by this evening.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1921, Page 5
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105STEAMER STRIKES WHARF. Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1921, Page 5
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