THE WAKATO ASHORE.
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. : Patea, (his day. ■ The Walatu met with a serious mishap in the river this mqroioe. She is ! alongside ,tho wharf with her hold nearly full of water; She was signalled at nine to take th<i bar,,on which !h?re "was 12 feet of water. .'A . westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate iea on. She crossed safely, to the mid channel, bat was carried on to some detached blocks at the. end. of the. breakwater, knocking a hole ia. her r {waist, on f.the starboard side. - The engines. were it. once stopped to prevent broking the; blades of the propellers; By means;ofsa,siay.sail she Blid off, the engines being> started full : speed astern,'and beached on hard bottom near thewharf in 8 feet of-water, The extent of the damage cannot' be ascertained W til low tide. The cargo ii now being discharged , and. is ,fconsiderably dalnageij, and also' the infiili ''HiVveSael il'insuved for-;£ 4000 in tho-South Britishr—Shea cWgo'and passengers,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1203, 13 October 1882, Page 2
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162THE WAKATO ASHORE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1203, 13 October 1882, Page 2
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