THE TRIUMPH DISASTER. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Friday Night.
Tkk Penguin returned from Tiritiri at 8 o'clock this morning. The Triumph is in a much worse position than yesterday. She )h\tjy}?>h a list nl about 22 degrees to .starboard ; her^forwSrifVSßlpartment is fulwater, while there is six~fee£in*li&a|pL. J compartment, and five feet in the stoke tible. " oHib • v«»r«y nbinpsp fireinp" m .'M tlumpers encamped under canvass on Tintin all night. The lumpeis broached a case of whiskey yesterday, and refused duty. Captain Brotherton came to town with Mr Nathan to obtain legal advice. The attempt to lift the vessel with compressed air has failed, owing to leaks in the i department, and it is believed that the .u 'kneads have been burst. Mr Hawkes.t K>d has made an offer to lift the ship with | won pontoons, and bring her to Auckland. [ A pigeon message at 3.15 p. m. says :—: — 1 i '(forts will now be directed towards keep- , >i« the vessel on the rocks, in older to have the lomainder of the cargo, machinery, &c. An anchor has been thrown over fonvardto assist in keeping the vessel in her present posture. Pumping operations have been continued all day, and the water in the stokehole is still being reduced. The starboard list has been somewhat lessoned.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1783, 8 December 1883, Page 2
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214THE TRIUMPH DISASTER. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Auckland, Friday Night. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1783, 8 December 1883, Page 2
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