FOUND AND LOST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 670, 22 November 1909, Page 8

FOUND AND LOST.

'.V.■v.: : '"'•;■'> ; ""',: : ". : : ;.■•■:,^.:->jt.-i s;j:".-''if-^-: ; :K':!-;v;=v.-;^:';ft;;.^;iy^j(.-Wi>^:-sv;--iii5-^ fathoms. ; :■,'?/;!of bcei fairly '.numerous during '=££ itiM9;!!ai|d^:'of. ! these;thV !NeWtZealaiid; coast; hag: ;:v'v»v.-7hW.''i|s'!fiari'ii!ire,'-:ffliice' , th'e, year .commenced, !/.:i!-' f- :; .%V:'. when ; !the';Taka-. ';.'■.'; : .u'-.pund from!Picton"and Nelson, yesterday ' .■■ ' ?!:;!moinir^.-.'i'Her, etery.iwas;,(ie ,uews;.of, the total ■?.;',,!'";;eank J ' L, in' ;: 3p r fathomsV '^vi:'«l6^te!'Spundiehortiy'oiteivß o'clockion Saturday '■:X !:vv^elson-!tP^Pictpn afternx)pn,:it:ho ).y.'i<;5 'but;'' helplessly;;:to .^■ivthe![slight'roll of:;theiocean; sails;clewed, up", iSi' ; -being 1 aeither S% :by/itbe nor,!'sterni -> : She.;iwas /then v^-V ; :ibOTt':fiye;vmiles;off VCuldaffi ; ;Pointxnear. rPe- ! {■■ !t C ;^f-!^'lsi^o.f^: life ti ; to'Jibr:.decks;;ahd;'-tf ;-'^,;::,^cion;-at'!first ; dimfe gradually vC .•.'"grW'H^ A , "■ gliding;in.the;strait af-the! mercy of i^ , • ..'wave. ,-The';Etrait,;'as ■it , happeneci;-,wa3":on its !!: ?liest^DeliaTioUr!v!at"the ; ;\-7; v. Captain ; Stewart/ J running ■■; tho :!:;,■'. : ';!^kapnna-ufef^ '■'■?.V , ' ■i'waitedJ . and!!;.-the. f^.-, ; ■'Btrong^.^ ?!:.<! and/su"ggps|ion .of .tiipse deserted !-V , .-;:-!:-. , !;pl^e'.''BhipsjVrlnoh?fi6tixe'i,so i extensively,.-in' ,'./."j ro'&iances,'.but"sy^ratelyj'.j^,the* '■;^ : ::-:.''T&^'|of:'ji6? , e,vwtqi'.go ; '!dowii .tovthe^sea-'in , . '■■:£-i -. ;!ehiife;::'!!Captain;.Stewart,'•Mzing"!up"!thoVpbsi-''.':'-':Ki •lowered■, away-, ,pne .of the Taka- ,''■ V. ':'puna's'.; •'. djspatth'ing'■' Mr.'. ; '!!PreTr.!-.(ohiof■'.• : ::'S andJa' contingent.of;nine ; men "tp:.board: ■ : ;.";'; s v the'/vessel ,'andi \if {surmises. Vere '■correct,.' , to , ■P- ;''-.■.":take.^ei;:!in.:.toivj;!y/-; ■•'-::';'! ; cj: ';•■ , ; .v.' ; / :: !■!■'./ -■ .'?v : ';^ : !^''-.!' :^/vc .V JBoarding -the , berel|ct.-.;' ,: / : 7! ; >.:':.V> : ; ... : !i,\ v Tie'' ;barque;. hdd;teen !first: obserrod.-ai 10 :^ , ;';!:CJttmutM ! 'past-2 .o'clock,!'and,;.the : - r :..i',"-. ;the -steamer .'had. boarded ...her .just .before ; ; 3. ; ':-! .;-::"She' proved' te ,be the .Norwegian-bartine'-Hip-».!-;\'-!:'i-i,-p.olta,'.'iuicbored;close-;tQ.,::.the. rocks.! I'Mf.'-Frew i. '-. ;^^ :,,!djscovered/that;,she...had_'been: leakingi!badly;' ;!:,.;. -.and;: that jthe; was then! only '.three • feet, .'./;. : ' ..inelovv-ythe.deck.:; Eealisihg,! that.there was !no. :losti;:he gave -instructions: for- the ?i '■ ; ,after,vpne!, ; !was ; '■•':.;■;.. -v.- , !>'!:,'...'. the.' other. , ,. -The'Takapuna's; men .'.then' wont ii'v. ';; aldftvand'-shook. ;out! the; ; thβ. ;!■:;;■;" ■qft.;shpreV;;! The barque;was ; 4-;i)!mi ,was' : '!-:!%iii-:tow; bf 1 : v! : ! , ! V i;,!:'!. ;: -; ; :--! ■;'! i ! : Thbse,':'on -board 'the sailing:.vessel!:couldr.see :;, : ; .,:J' that she 1 w,as-still making.water,-but; as,she! !/.;..:,',!'.'towed well,''there appeaTed;to!.be ■?■':■?.=.■ : her ';■'?:-';;■ made:,tfll .rounding: Jackson's -Head, when',the ■;:; 1 .'.! ; !; sea;: which;! had iso -far.been" : yeryr6mooth,' -:be-.."!:;!:j!:'cam'e"i(ohbppy>.;..aiid-.the;-steamer cbmmehced : to .■;.r!.. «! ; feel,. her,iheavy.,..load. ,-■ At the,; same: time ;the ?:".} " v 'little:-p"arty■!onj!the./barcfne:commenced to -view : "s;. : ':'w.thei^^^^ ;:':: commenced.-to^ : lap. : against*her'fore.and; : ! : :!.^.; ; aft,;;theVmpvement?!of ithe,!/great-;.yblutne -:'- ; pf,'. , 'i ■!,: water, jin the,'- hold ; ; made., her.: crerik,' and '■strain': i-i, !,: : manner; V: ".■.■.-,'■,::.';! •".-;■■.■ ' ': .f--: -vv. This" term- of !suspense,-'.howevpr, : ; came' -, !| ; .ehd2when^tha;p6int"!!was;!,rounded,;; for.-! the !!;.'& . Takapuna .ran" into;, smooth -water again, "and i ;■'.. : bounded forward at nearly llbulde her; previous. j .!'. 'fpace,'; and;the.-derelict, fast, filling, seemed■: to '..■; y> 1 ride,easier'asToore tranquil'water was entertid. :!■;!:-.!':'-It-was!clear.-however, that she' ; cquld only keep' ■;., ,: ! ":! .afloat a; certain time,, andailimited time -at 1 i■:.'>";;that;md Picton"was still , a long way.off.;,'By ;: .;!y:7;,o'clock the..Takapuna ;and> her. .water-logged; r>; v;;tow;had reached -.'appoint '■.half-way!.between . •;!,-. Bank and Picton, - and the .vjorst 'of the. '■:.','■-.<;■ .-'enterpriee.:.seemed', to be- oyer'. , / Another, hour! ! ■.:;*.;•.elapsed,- and. Blumine Island-,commenced ,■ to ; ;!!-!.;..elide by on the beam,,and matters were'going :/■;';-•:.' rsq -'welli that the venture seemed certain'to end :V.-;U''r- Batisfactorily.^riaij , s^p':■?■':':;"*. ; ::';it;'- '•:-■.■■,! s,' ; '■■■'■>■■'■■ v But. in', ten,Vmiriutes'the /situation had com-, .;; .:: pletely changed, for .the •ballast: shifting, the' ;'■ :.r>'; Uerelict,-at;first*slowly;.began 1 to. take a , list to ■:,v>. '"■ starboard,- 'which, if'.continued, .could only, end i'.-.:■:,! 6ne:way.:- ; Mr. Brew,- watching.-the progress--of- ■■■■.•;:\":: J-;;i;he,-list,-;',Bi)d:.pres'ently.Joreseein(f';that:'tlse.'enil-::),'Vi'.''w_as;at,h'and; ordered'the-cable to be cut, and !-:.'S;. niia -little'-party-.toot-.to' : the^bbat ; iwitE .orderly. :-.,• V. : ;"jhaste. '-They:.were tnone .too isoon; for .they,had ,'.•';;>.:,.; .just ■ castibff .clear <-when':!the ,; Hippola'y!"settHno:' ;,.;•'' ,:".: ; all slowly.oh r hor-side,- dipped gaining', ;■ ,\! : ' . : no!- '■.'■■;'.'-•,■; :; .signtbf., , the'ta;sastef; , :y!&v"?vv ,"-';. > '!•!,; ':■'.; ;S,Sorrowfully^the!salvage ■par<7,.T.etnriied-tq'.the'. ~ ',: ;■■:■ ;. 's(Miwr;^',wlueKiycqntta.uea/ 1 oj»'. ; tb';"Picton and' ?;- ;-.:■■:":: ,-.i^elliiiinon' a f,'diul.- leaQned.-jßetje jit \4 ija'.in'i: yester-. •;'■: '■'■'■'- ':-,. <3ay. as a ; '.!,. , ; v iesult 'of-their exertions; but those of the pas-" ;.-'/. -'!%ngets closer pfttthei i/-j '■_;, V'fopnot ,only-,was. th'eVipccjirre , nce!iriusuai; but: ~:.-.:■■: yjthe .Ta.lcapunK ( - : had;'m"a.de.ia-gq'pd/.fight-against; ;.'.-.;-.! !circumstaiices!: which.': ultimately, .proved :too :> :!; r ;;y ■; BWon^jfdr!hCT^!-!; ,, ■ ';,- -.; .Z/i;.- V(-??P^f^??^rt;s/story.;;-:KV!:;: : :-!;,!j ■;"■•'v; •;,'". ; lwhenjsdughVby" ia':''DdHrmoN;-.representative" : .i ■»..,.early, yesterday morning/fpr.; ; .mformation'con-j. .:!!!, v!;; ;'cqrning;the.lbst".barque; r. Captain?EqDt,';Stewart,':'i.' : i ,:!' ! ,master.-of' the' Takapuna,: .was,! thoughl'ftired, in ! , != : ; v' J :!:.Ms,usual genial ; .mopd,iand-'ga"Ve -an'■interesting: :::r--;':r accountipf , ! the^dven'tureViv^vx^W^y^y;(/■.•'■ : ;:f yi'ii.-i i'-"lt'.was;about:2.lo ■'■!-,'" t}ie^ ; Hippolas,": ho said.;: "Sho was about five' : ftr.!;:''.'miles ott.-Culdaff Eoint.i'closo to (the! rocks,; and !';".;. ! ; "Iwas'llying the signals N;.C,"indicating that she !!vi''-,.;;.';:-wasvin•' distress,. andiwanted".assistance. ■!. : : As ! ■!.!!';; we '.steamed^towards.,her..there, was -np.'sigQiol !; '■'-,{' : life aboard, and after blowing tho whistle and :- ? ;■!.-.;.irecoivipg';no:;answer. I ; ' dispatched the chief ''"&'.[.:''■ ■'', qfflcer arid a crew (r'We.rgot'..a; rope .'>■., ,:>: a.ooard about;! p.in.,! ; and: towed till- ; 8.15 p';tn.,' ; !.., ' -.■when the barque tooka' heavy list to starboard : aid sankJofi Blumine Island. It was all-quite x,. .-•'.-' ■■■■/; Budden: at the finish,": ; the! skipper ..continued;; •,,, ■-, .; -'"She had -been;.towing ;sq". well .that ■! thought ■:.,"V!yv! ; we were sure to!get;to..Picton.:!.ln;,fact,••"at.B ■iV-'.- : ": o'clock;Mr..!Prew:had' ; no idea:■'that 'she.would,' ::.-.! > vgb so He: : and;his■mqn , .-had' i '.tq i scramble >;'":.-'■■■-;.: : off verj-'hurne'dly'when she*sank, but-they"Kpt! ;-,;/■.■.<;-./--their boat 'handy,.;and: there !was ;no.;,troubfq.- !,•;'!; ■. ;- ~iWe got to, Picton between '9 and 10! p.mV when ..■.s : : ; :U ;. : the'. people ;thore "were ijust.'beginning .to >.get l^.'X-i ■"anxious-about.bur eafety^H^: '.^ : :%. ■;-:! ';.!.! -. ':<]■'.'. ! ; / ■;"^Anything '■ saved jfrom' the! wreckPVvtho i;re- ■:;!.:';.''. porter : asked.?'!-.-■'•• j^■>•(■;■■': vi : >:.":-- : -i : -'-v-' ■':>" '?■ v: ; ; th!ere : waa\nbthing : tpißave," said! Cap:; ;'/ " ! tain',.Stewart'.,',"She.had i no,;cargo. Tv ' ! ! ~ the crewyhad.vanished.''.-They-would■probably- • ■■;'',; y. !; land'all'right.vas' the , water ; ; was'quite smooth :..;f,'. -.. 'rin'the. vicinity .''--.Those are all the ship's papers ;:";■!■S.- !we .could-find,",,.and;';..he ; i.pointed,to, a^.little. ;HV'.wVibundle-'pf ''peHodicals^that'haa-'been'bionght •■'<■': -\:' from- the; derelict. ■!:' : : ■;■■'';'■ ■; ; :.; , -'-'-! .■•; . v'.*.' '■?. -y'i'ritrwas!hard;luck losing the barque, but we 'v;V,;.;!:'iwuldyt : i,tqw'her any. foster.",- , -;.:..;/:'.-:■:..■■' : .•■.-;';. ?r '*■ •■■ '■ c '■ -'Cuttinj : Clear \VV hen' She! Sank;;; '■ ■';'•,!? i y'-'!;,,,''!;;! Mr/J.ylVew , , chief'officer of- fheTokapuna, ".-■'■■■ :' , !gavo'interesting! details of •■ his /briof sojourn si-;*;';; -5 aboardtho doomed toot with him Li-:-;;; .-the!ttird officer, , 'boatswain, three.sailors,ythrco ' ;';.; ■:.•'■ : firemen,!;"ond: two stewards.', When they reached -;;;-■.:, the vHippolas 'she,yw,'as, ; held/by. two "anchors. '-■■',■<'■'■.-'■'. : ; l'hey promptly;hauled. bno abbard^slipped.-.'the. 'other'; cable,; ;.6et "her'.canvas -and .sailed'.her i-;:i':;. clear; "of j!the' rocks to "a .position. whero the ■i^','.'- : : ■ Takapuna 1 :could take her , in- tow. .."When -' : .;/::: first; took'charge! bl . her," said Mr. Frew, S -I "'; , ; Wateri-was'within^3ft; of the deck, and ■ ■"'•just'befqre'she went down it; had made ani^. 1 .,. 1 . other 2ft;''; A-number of rockets ivero strewn .; !.: V.: about the :deck,vand <the .salvage party,, judged ! -■: ;'■ • I : ; - that the .crew,. finding", the wator ; gaining, had; ;■'.! ■: - : "'■. r been.,firing rbeilets during.tho nignt, and had : ;; '"V'■"'":.hoisted the distress -signals , at daylight.; Fin-■!-,.;.'',;-,,,..,---':'.^y,'-%hen'...:>th6,':: 1 -.l)arqDe'::;-.;was- ! -rnj 1 a hopeless ■: . - ',*:plight,'"theyjhad abandoned^her/"/'Excepting ';,',:r ■"! the \rockets, !the only,.articlos ■■ aboard were ,, a : ';•": : C . few' .papers .and ,d case. "of whisky.'; All the -..■"!'.-'!■ clothes;- : even:■ the■ blankets, had been 'taken !:. ; !'; : ; ; : eway by ..the crew: when' they. deserted !!tho Pi: .■•!••.':/, , V (hip. ■>>.'" ::. !■: ■;•'. : :..-: '•■■'•..- .! ■■■:..-.-..;;■','..,- ;•■ • ■',;';■: \': ■!■ '-:. "; I:? '. : "It. was my,first command," explained l Mr. ■:;',. . , Prew , , .-'and I. would -have liked-to make port ..'. ; -;y;:! ; :;;:witK;her, but my; luck .see;-But ;i •;..:-.. -for ,, k. little: rough water, off Jackson's Heat ',';/■; -we'.might have.got to.Picton.Y.We lost some ..;'■?.'"■.V.'!.'"!time;.thoTo, and.it was. a" case, of calculating ':;'. ,; ,i i ,;.. ; ! every...,minute: ;aften. that.-: Coming .'up with 5.;: V ;? 'Bluminei-:.lsland, I thought we ;had her, but SjV,', ■■ : - foe went very suddenly, 'and '■ barely; gave: us ' c vfl:'\' ■~time 'to' l\ack;the rope pdget clear. ,Luckily, iftfxX ".l-however,:;she; took a-list before disappearing.' ;!;V ";-'Had:she'gone;storn: ; first,; I 'reckon it would fe;>:;; ; ;y : ;iiave;.been 'necessary-to swim."! !Mr. Frew and ii);.;!,-; ■; ; a-jis, men to, the .■ steamer without 1 any

mishap; and wore greeted with cheering from the passengers.: The "only losses reported by, .-thorn were a pair of boots belonging to one of the party, and a haversack belonging to 'another, vY'yy-■;.■—; ■.-;■."'"*; :.- .._■ ■;■ •WhpnVtho. chief ; officer, boarded the Hippolas thcre'.TfagVa,lamp - burning in. the' ..captain's jtabin, and both sidelights were burning, showing clearly! that the barque had not-beon long abandoned.! ; 'y' :...,■.....- ■ '■-.■-. Use for; Rocket Line;^ - 1 When. the' fescue crew. loft the Takapuna they -provisions, arid as: their task •'■of.': get-' .ting%e waterlogged y . vessel .under way had ;beon a.theavy 'one,' Captain; Stewart ordered refreshments to .bb'sent.to them.. This was done in a'novPL way. iA , rocket-lino.was thrown over and alloMd to'drift'-until picked .up by thos.o on .tho Hipnolas.vlt was then-attached to- a shackle, nn« by this • moans; refreshments were sent along' the line without mishap. -.Those;, included a pot of'tea, which.mado the trip along the lino withont losing a drop. This, of course,' could only have, been accomplished in smooth water, which' luckily, prevailed.. :-.- •'-. j ,: Derelict's Crew at Picton. -." Mr. Gep. Allport, Secretary of the Marino Department; reqeiyed the following telegram from Picton , last evening from Captain Burgess, officer in-charge of Customs, and Harbourmaster:--,-. J: ■;*-,,. * ■'■■ :'r.; : .y :;.■'■'' . ■■, "Bariine Hippola'Sj from Timaru to Have::'l6ck;''etrtick',Xvalker Hook about 2 aim. on '', Saturday.-' '•. Captain- Norn's (of '••' the ■ Hip-"-vpolas)"fopnd % :her'--leaking badly, and made . for" Guard's Bank, : anohoring 3.30 ■; sun., ::-,with six-.feetywater in hold, and ! still gain- . 'ing. ...Crew and master, went ashore : to get.-, '"assistance.- - About 2 pirn;, they-saw Taka:Vpun»'.'come -upi' ;.Her.'. (the : Takapuna's) .;- V prew.xWhifth l - went 'on board,' heaved .'an- ■ | ohor, and Takapuna took her in tow. When ;. S :off: ! ;rßlnmino''Vlsland," ;:-Qu'eeh, .-Charlotte. .'•■' Sound,: being ; 'towed .Takapuna,. ship 'sank - in. thirty/fathoms about 8 p.m.'"Master ''and,'- ■preV---'6f'.' Hippolas .arrived here ' this":afternoon:'by steamer Elsie from Titirangi, ■•.: . "and b?;-ng'looked after/here. They' : saved'-.' !.' all.-'thr^'r.effects."'Jackson Head.beacon re-. A lighted yesterday'• afternoon!"-. ■ ■:■;,• ;.'JIr. .Allport states '.that an inquiry will most probably., be held Mn Wellington tills .'week. '. ' i:y '-'T-V-•■.■;■".',■;'.'/The.Lost Barque,;- '■ '.' ■....";"'. ■ :y-T.he Hippolas was a...wooden : barque, • built in , . 1832 .by: A.-Keinertseh, at. Lillesand, Nqfway,'.and she was owned, in-. Sydney ;by Messrs. Fred. , Win/, Whitton and ; Albert Guthrey.j Her registered tonnago was 299 tons, and -her.- dimensions were: '■ Length; 127 feet, .breadth,2Oeet, depth 13 feet. .She. left Clare'noo, Eivcr: on:Qctober 2, andreacned Timaru on' October ,18.". ; She 'had discharged .her'.-cargo at the latter., .port, and -.was bound ; ,to. Havelock.;;. She. was to Joad .timber .for'. Sydney. Captain N orris,was in : command,, but:on previous trips: Captain Whitton : was master.■ "?; ■'.'-.The Vffippolas was not, previously, 'a,'.total r>ranger to trouble. . She was;in port here last .March,. moored- at the: Kailway: Wharf,- with a ■.oarsso,-.pf.:;h'aTdwoods.from Clarence Biver,, when: ■J She<l',-,ciu'ght,:fire.:.-. She'., .was,in .imminentdanger., of.'<l«strnotiori : by. fi.ro, -but, wae,. towed out into the stream, • and; the only -damage, she .eustamfd.,was:the-loss ; pf seven'or eight.6aila,.' and , injury v td .her yards ' and running; gear, plater -in.the -year she-had a'■ rough trip'from. New Zealand to Australia. .Leaving N.apier on July 13,: she: met ,-with adverse weather, ■ which.' continued throughout her voyage, and she did not reach- Sydney-till August •.Iβ. -This, was ,- one of' the, longest -passages,mado betwcen: : New Zealand and;. Australia, for some years. V ■.'':Blnmme Island, where the';Hippolas \saik,' is:-.in :Queen Charlotte, Sound, between' Jack-, son's /Head i.and! PiotonV. and! about; 12 ; miles from''Picton; ':The'spot where "the barque '.die-! appeared-'is about. 12-to 13 miles from" Picton Wharf, and tho chart sho'ws.3o fathoms. Where I the, derelict'was first'discovered was , near Pelorus .Sound, and /.close■:'■ handy to -. settle- ■ inents. •■'.-" '.'-.V-Vv' *{??£■:' ' '.■'■;/-.'.-."" "-.-'■.' ',':<■';,■.::' Walkerßock: Its Danger,'. 'Walker Rock, where, the! Hippolas struck; is. a!flat;black; rock off the "outer'end of Capo. Jackson;.'at.jtho-entrance to Queen! Charlotte. Sbuiid, Jackson's Head is another rock between .Cape, Jackson and Walker, Eock, and there is 60; feet! of' water!, in '"the , between,' tho rocks,,but mariners, are warned- that it is advisable to keep outside' Walker Epck because the !tides run -.strongly and. .irregularly, and make/the inner passage.'dangerous. -Vessels plying between"Nelson-and Picton alter their course in the neighbourhood of .Walker ■ Eock, and.a white fixed-light was erected on Jackson's. Head to assist!. mariners i-in . negotiating the bend. (This light after being out for nine days was relighted on' Saturday. 'In tho'New'Zealand :Nautieal ll Alnla'iiac! the following -rote,',(ip;j pears:—Several vessels' Haying met with accidents, account of the strength and;irregularity of the. tides, when using'-jtho. passage between Jackson's . Head beacon and' Cape Jackson,. or- that between Jackson's Head be'aobn- ; and">.Walker Eock, • mariners-are cautioned! not. to attempt, to-pass through either of these passages.. ' ",'...,: ',-':.•.- :,'!•'!:'.