CAPSIZING OF THE CUTTER CORNSTALK.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 466, 8 July 1871, Page 2

CAPSIZING OF THE CUTTER CORNSTALK.

I>oEiN<3- the very fierce squall last eveninp the cutter Cornstalk capsized, and those o;i board Jiad a very narrow escape of being drowned. Captain Ohlgon reports leaving Hauraki Bay last night at 11 o'clock, bound for,the Tham^s/iSvitn 'ih jrty»o)ie|.Sheiep|afld: aiife Jh-fjad of cattle/.-1 toie wintt'wris northerly,' -ttncl iiujrtly after getting under weigh, a heavy squall her, and she Bottled down, about fcwo miles to .N.E. of the Buoy and Beacon! Hock. The master and crew managed to cscajie in the dingy, and succeeded in reaching Haj.iraki at 4 a.m. The Enterprise passed her, and frqm Capjajn Seojj a, pair pf rollouts were obtained.-' Oaptairt Ohlfeon- states thtlt after they hauled the gaff-topsail down, as the feather wa3 looking dirty, he remained on deck for some time, but as it Cleared up again, he wont below for a •chmigejof clothes, leaving "the'Wato at the \ lielm.. <He had only got his coat off when the squall struck the vessel. I sung out, " Put the helaa hard down!" and rushed on deck, when Ijlefe 16os^tjbte| hdad^sails, fcuKbfefbtfe: they wq.rfi^owa"ilttJ»?{rßS?eli filled and }sejtjfcldd down. | Most'ofr^d 'cattle* and- slieep were running about, but it is not known whether any of i hem were saved. The vessel was not insured;.