TUGS GOING HOME
ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT LINER POSTPONED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, July 30. Though heavy seas have been pounding the stranded liner Port Bowen on Castlecliff; beach, where she has been aground since July 19, the vessel remains undamaged close inshore, but till the seas are calm and soundings can be taken towing operations are at a standstill.
It was decided this afternoon that the tugs Lyttelton IL, Terawhiti, and Toia should return to their home ports. They will be recalled when necessary, the Wanganui tug Kahanui standing by in the meantime. Apparently it is not intended to attempt to refloat the vessel during the present spring tides because of the impossibility of completing unloading in time. It is now possible at low water to wade out to the lifeboat by the Port Bowen’s side without the water rising above the knees, the sand having built up between the ship and the shore.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1939, Page 6
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154TUGS GOING HOME Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1939, Page 6
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