Cutter Here Akondoned.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1696, 26 July 1875, Page 2

Cutter Here Akondoned.

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At three o'c?cck m Thursday, 8 ,1:. Tarrnski JfrsWtf el Sstuirisy ]»&t, a £ p ec jjy mtfp«rger stßt iv.m PuLeanibe mired at ti c YVa-iria with tie ir;i;i:)Ji{.crce that adja. mastfd vfsse] Lad be-e-n .scon fivemilesw and that.sLewßsteaiirgW.lS.TF. frtn3- (. hflV. It v,ns also siatfd that the vessel \tj' roiling in tbe trough of the Era, with no s*; peartnce of having enyoue en'beard. Csptajj Ilolford was at the Waiters, afc tbe time ti 6 despatch arrived, ar.il with gieat pronjp. litude pieced hitnse'f :n ccirnpnicstion^. Captain Dale, of the s.s. "Waitara, who it once made every preparation for pfettinjg%j steamer in readiness to ?;roct:od to sea. Qa the cj-ufp of the steamer's going ljeccmir,o known there was great excitcme&t at the "Wai tarn, owing to sevei&l vessels being overdue. At midnisbr, < verytbh.g tei^g rescly, the little steamer left Webster's \Tj&jf Laving on bcaid Captain Bolfcid, the Bathe, nr readier. At noon yesterday tbesctiDo Harbour-master at Wriisra s-igralkd the stesxner with ihe di relict in tew, and which crcs-sed the tar at abcut two o'clock. The derelict proved to be the cutter Hero, bound from tbe Kaipara to Waitara with timber for Messrs. Webster Brothers'. Her msst bed been snapped off end was being towed alongside her, witH all the rppnrterances attached. Toallap. pearance no demote to her hull had be ett sustained, sr.d tie bad only eighteen inches of water in her hold. A beat from the "White Cliffs put off yesterday morning, but did not reach the vessel till nearly half-En-krai- after the steamer. From the general appearance of the vest el the ciew must have left it in a beat, or letn taken en loard by a passing vesaei, for oil the rren's clothicg -was gone, ako the clock, brcse), &c. The ship's papers were lyirg on the cabin table. The vessel could not have shipped ary teas, for en her deck were fuewcocl, rcpep, galley, &c, aleo a hammer and a small b?-g of nails, which evidently had been useel for patching tip one of the planks that had started. From this and other tbirgs noticed, there is every appearance of the crew haviDg been taken off. Captain Holford found on the, cabin table a piece of paper, on which the latitude had been v/orkedout fcrTuesday, the 20 ih -Tilly, which shewed that tne vessel wag then in latitude 39 ° 38 S., and hs ia also of (.pinion that no bsel weather hss been experienced since the vessel had been abandoned. Tbe names of those on board were: Robert Doble. master; George Gore! en, Edward Terry, and Alfred Hunt, crew. As the steamer was towing in the wreck, she has a very narrow escape. The was a heavy fresh in the river,, and the tide was running out, and, as the s.s. Waitara was going over the bar, she shipped a heavy sea. The force of the water broke into the house aft, filling the cabin with water, besides partly extinguishing the fire in the engine-room ; but, owing to having a good command of steam, it enabled her to recover herself. Great praise is due to Captain Dale and to the crew for the manner they worked, also to Captain Holford, who remained on board the wreck and steered her, whilst the steamer towed her in.