WRECK OF THE KETCH JANE HANNAH.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 410, 9 July 1880, Page 2

WRECK OF THE KETCH JANE HANNAH.

I stfFPoste lioss 'm ■ cife w. ' ' •' { * 1 _ „ '■ { '"_. t<, _.*f- 4 ; >On TJuesjiay morning last o£ lljo launeVPfo/ieer," reported.. t6 itljle; llfirf)or JMaß|er (Justin AyliflorJ 'P*q.,)»thsr he had on his passage to Wainm and back «een several pieces of timber floating about tho harbor, which he feared must have proceeded, -f lO ! 11 >' e ,P¥%- .The Hajiuor orßeraffbr tl|e launch to J proceedtb *the Heachf and make a full search. This was accordingly done. Captain White; accompanied *by several ~ gentleman, started in the. launch, making I'ret to and thehce!Bteerinep..towaVdß the Heads, keeping a good look-out all the •time:' Several smaller boats were already [prosecuting the search. Messrs Bridge and Co, in one cf the boats, found the remains of a dingy on a rock/n£af the Heads, -phich they brought to <thfe >frharf,*nd'Captain .a Jarge poitiu H a,, of ,wha| phtiet&Qi tojbe tne-bowe of Ismail crafti pntjfe! Measrs'BHdg* and bo* :otf >iii "tlile. an^ ceed in finditig aiiionget-ptlletporiiona of timber two pieces;' on one of which the word "JANE"could olearly be sq.eri, and' bn the' other the lettere " AH.".. Thie, poiipled' witlf tlie staterwent of 'the captain 6f the Catlin, which was lying in the hart»me f left, no room for ( doubt; that Me'vessel \Vae the Jane Hannah. j Yesterday Messrs Bridge and Co." wen| out again, accompanied by W. B. Hentiing;' tlsq., agent for the South British Firp-ahtt |klaH[neJ[neuranee Qoinnftnv, finn, the^e/sefw|s injured! alarge", quantity Af* 1 her "'inasis,!* spare, Ac., aboirf twb miles past the f .south side pf the Headsjy :It is generally surmised that''the wrecV ihust have occurred on Sunday night, and tjhat the vessel must tj»*'e| Btfrfclffipo|, some mile and a half off the South Heads., ehe 'most pfobslbly' endeav'drihg to' e^K' Shelter in the harbor. Nothing has seen or heard of the crew, and'ho hopes of any of rthein' havirig been-saved is , caiped. ,; , , .-,,,;.,■■'■:. ,■,',», ;,,. i,,■.-.,. ii v. ; ; THe Jane fLinnah was & ketch, with a lllack hull and green bulwaffke," the' mastfc' and spare being painted flesh color, She vras 52 tons and commanded by Captain Gurrio, with- : 'a crbvfiat ''ifour 'riieiy H«r owners were ,, Messrs Guthrie arid laarnach, and she was-trading from Catling \ ltiVer tb ! Lytteltoh with tiiUbef. ' AjiidUce: able fact was , that most' of "the fiihber 'fbund was end down in the wateT, with ' but a ,Buial j portion showing; , - ■ i< ; .