Coastal steamer wrecked in Cook Strait, near Wellington Heads, with the loss of four lives: heroic rescue work on the rocky coast in heavy seas

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Coastal steamer wrecked in Cook Strait, near Wellington Heads, with the loss of four lives: heroic rescue work on the rocky coast in heavy seas

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Four members of the crew lost when the Holm's Shipping Company's steamer Progress (353 tons) went ashore at Ohiro Bay, in Cook Strait. 1. The Progress drifting helplessly, in heavy seas, after her anchor cables broke. An unsuccessful attempt was made to sail the vessel into a sheltered bay. 2. Island Bay fishermen pulling a survivor to safety on the rocks where he was washed ashore from the wreck

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1931-05-06

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/263018

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Shipwrecks / Progress(Steamer) / Cook Strait

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