THE S.S. WAIKARE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 5

THE S.S. WAIKARE.

SECOND OFFICER'S DARING FEAT. i 1— i PRESENT POSITION OF WRECK. (By; Telegraph.—Proa -Association;) -'• , c Invercarflill, January 10 li 'A. rcprcsentativo the '.'"Southland Vi^Vilß^es.'^wlo.^has' -'.just .'tiou .Inlet, found'that ione'of the : cliief; %'.i '/itbpicsj'of :.i cdnym'atibn : , ,^;tibn': irith; • the; lo3s; of s,'thj> Waikiire '; was; .iVv^th^iciploitighfif'tlieS^ Applcyard) .'iii': laridiiig':,"urLder i Pnysepur-:Ligftt,in-:order:to send .tidings of i/riEujieguri gp-r/nghthou&i'.'steh :v^:'>l^drprcmbhtor^ s shar^^dVh'arrow^"ah'di -."with cliil-hke .sijea. ' rite pomt .35 roclv- , ... bound, , arid the" breakers roar against .it.day. 'an(l':'ni»ht::' : Mr.' Appleyard. did , not-enter.the inlet and• got into touch ■ ;';withi:'ffid^telflphdho^' Oneroa,, but f:-.V;'.v]ahded;the:life)»at:;right':m r-f ;'.i: Billed .arid ventdred;.-the:''light-' •; '>.ouso j' , again descended, the'i'tt "' tlie y,boiildbrß." . • .and breakers,..and Jreturned' to • Dusky i:; : PiM^attoriV&iet-i,M-''. Kji'. BMded.-;lfr,;\'Appley'ard , s7frifc mordinai'y.;!;« So;-, far iasj ho ;- - boat thas ever- landed; on Puysegur .Point :■lhem jwho/are.raccus;: 'totned; to . handling -boafs on. dni.K<irojis sa^fe:that;yin?or^nary^ ; :^cumv ■ Etances.fho-landing-accomplished by -Mr. ¥s^^Ppl«^rd'^and;:hisAi;crew : ;::Would s.;bo 5 re-: ; .. garded. as quite impossible. Tlie story of v • the storming of tho Puyeegur. Lighthouse; h\, ?? oefianch, of ,Nat'ure|s 'sternest ■ obstruc-. ■ :; . tion3, 13; likely to bb; tbld in:Presarvation . . • Inlet for; many a long day.- ■ Sunday ._a ; party, on', the- s^'.-.lnver- . ..'.;,«argill the . scene ..of the Waikare \ %Vieao. One of them';.writes V-^'Here','were -:. ■ / found:the half dozen men who' are- stand- : ; ing.. W- the . meek. under tho' second ■' ' Rl?' Mr> ''Appleyard, and Mr. M'lntyie. l ; Cvßlragd, i faxidvthe;,'SVaikart herself lay on Zi'?; <ffiSj>q?ti:side;:(TOth;: her''starboard 'bow ; leaving up; out of water, and a large -.'.: »«rt deck ;high; and dryi "■? V 1 ™-most-, ofv.thej islinds ?'in . the : . Sounds,' Stop Island is.iprecipitous,-and,-in. pro-' ■it! iportion to. her length, it is only a small ;*■' part •of - the ..steamer 'that 'has; arresting.; ; ■ solid' : land; l Tho visitors ;■• ;v-.MUedyover-the/submerged: after-part:ol; - the Waikare in; ii boat. - Do«-n'in' the . /.clear depths of thc Sour.d thei'foremas*; : and funnel qou] d be seen,' but the stern m, y "-V?"; 0 gfcit a depth to be visible, ilie ship s. position appears to be extremely, precarious, but she is regarded - v as-long as fine' : weather lasts. i