A SINGULAR MISHAP.
Serious Accident m a Dockyard. (BY BLECTttIO TBLBOKAPH — COPYRIGHT. ) ( rEDTBB'B TRLKORAMB.) • ! Ddnei>in, Nov. 28. A serious accident occurred shortly before 5 o'clock yoster<kyi atteriioptt m Pert Chalmers dockyard. The rudder of the &otomahana> which weighs several tons,, was being lowered into, the dock from a travelhng crano. The yard wa^insufficiently weighted Mow to oounterbHlance the strain caused^ the rudder, and it gave way^ rudder fearing up the mil* On which it ran Thd enma is greatly smashed, and it is impossible tb aay at present what parts will be tit for use again. The iniuries to. the rudder are ap- ; parently hot so great, tat, g* : tow* t . Sntle is broken off, and the rudder mil h%v|e&> go again: into, % Aq R *>r repairs, accident wUI delay »tiU longer the completion of. ropaica.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 306, 28 November 1883, Page 3
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136A SINGULAR MISHAP. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 306, 28 November 1883, Page 3
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