THE STRANDED SCHOONER TUHARA.
IN A CRITICAL POSITION
[Per Press Association.]
NAPIER, May 17. - The uews concerning the auxiliary schooner Tuhara, ashore at Mahia, is not reassuring, though the men are all safe. The following telegram was received this afternoon by the Vairoa Shipping Company from Captain Tonkin, who left last night for the scc-ne of the stranding:—“Vessel’s position is very critical, fully exposed to westerly. * beino- wedged between rocas.close to cliff Ship is filled with flowing tide. Lost both anchors. Will try to patch bottom. Cargo must be jettisoned. Inform consignees. Tangaroa returns tonicht with particulars.” The Tuhara. which is almost a new vessel, is the property of a company She is valued at £3200. and is insured with the New Zealand Insurance CornSpan v for £1256.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19090518.2.20
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2504, 18 May 1909, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
128THE STRANDED SCHOONER TUHARA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2504, 18 May 1909, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in