SHIPPING DISASTER AT GREYMOUTH. [BY TELEGRAPH .— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Greymouth, Wednesday.
TilK Anchor Line steamer Wallace, while coining in this afternoon, being very light, \va* caught in the hop of a roller and tlu own dangerously near the rocks. Before •-he could regain her position in the channel ••he <-tiuck on lier quarter and landed on the stonework, where she lies full of holes. All the passengers and most of their lugg.tge were got .ishore. There is connection between the ship and the shore by means of pLinks ,md ropes. A heavy sea is running, and .i southerly wind, which makes tho vessel woik on tho stone a good deal. The or«w .md harbour men are busy getting all portable articles ashore.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2
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121SHIPPING DISASTER AT GREYMOUTH. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Greymouth, Wednesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2071, 15 October 1885, Page 2
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