LOST AT LAST.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 5

LOST AT LAST.

|-^fe'Oiro>STEAMA:MAi^^ ;By'Telegraph—Press AsßooiatlonT-OobTrißht. 'i ! v( '';yiH!-' : r: '■; Melbourne, January ;14. -V: ; ; .The'. ..iron.' screw;' steamer i Mahnw'atu,'; 183 'tone gross,'built.at; Auckland-in 1573, and' now' .owned by: the Coastal S.S.' Proprie-tary/>-lamited..(Melbpurne);is ashore; at Anderson's Inlet. .:■. : AU.' hands;:,: are safe.. Thfii chances of refloating"the;vessel- are hopeless:.,. \ : ; :I .''.'. '■.'■['■ yvAy-;' •> '';:';;;-V' downs'^ ; ;i ßuilt in,Aucilahd by. -H;-Ni'col in 1873,- ; the steamer3faiiawatu has'had on ( event> ful - icarebr.:; She has been ..employed: in the iWellingtbn-'Wahganui coastal; serviceand\on other '.ports■.of -the.'New. Zealand, .coast'. Originally:', built ; of.' Auckland •kauri, and'fitted'with paddle-wheels; tho :Mahawatu '.was made. a\ screw steamer when she.passed ihte. tha.hands of Cap-, tain W.i.E. 'Willianis, ,who put' an iron stern .intoi,her. ; ,- ; Ultimately: the : Mana:watu was i'sold: to; go. to':Melbourne. ; '■ .V' ■'.: .Thebldsteamer was'in trouble, as early , ! 1874'; On July 20' of that year she was in ; collision-with -the'..brigantine Capo Brain inside, ■Wellington haVbour. -v, ..,:.; ■ : On 'Fobruary 4,. 1895, the Manawatu was stranded,on .the Wanganui bar:. She also rah'ashore once in' the Waitara Eiver; ''.'■- ;: On' April, 27, 1838,. the:llanawatu was in collision'-'.-with, the, steamer Ediha -off ':Williamst<swri, Victoria.;', The Manawatujoutward bound for .Tasmania, was sunk, ..while'the;Edina,; ; from Geolohg'te Melbpurne, was,beached.'. The Manawatu was afterwards'raised.'-':' ,; .- .' 'It would seem that this time tho;littlo steamer. is,' really :lost. .Her- dimensions were:—Length 128 ft ,Bin., breadth 18ft. 7in M - depth. 9ft • sin. :'..''