TERAWHITI FOR SALVAGE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1747, 12 May 1913, Page 5

TERAWHITI FOR SALVAGE.

The Union Company's salvage steamer Tcrmvhiti, with Mr. Burkett Ou bond, loft Wellington for the scone of the wreck nt iliidiiigtit on Saturday. f'o did not Ret fur on her journey, mid ivns com. polled to anchor in Worser Day for the night on jvocount of the weather. During 1 ho afternoon and evening the vessel whs t'ligagcil i» shipping stores and snlvai*o ceur. Slit 1 cleared the Heads at; 7.15 ii.'m. yesterday, and should have readied the Indrnbaruh about nine or ton hours later. IX llio slraaikd hncr was found not to

Do making any water, it was intended to attempt to toiv her off, provided the weather and tido were favourable, and with this object in view the Terawhiti has taken three huge "mushroom" anchors and several heavy hawsers. If it was found, however, that the Indrabarah was making much water the Terawhiti was to return to Wellington for moro pumping gear. On Saturday evening mcssago came through to the effect that the Indrabara'h was "right up on shore, and may bo left high and dry." It was also stated that ' vessels arriving could not get near enough to be of assistance. This particular message stated in conclusion that the vessel, as matters then stood, was in a had way. Captain Todd, Marino Superintendent in New Zealand for the Tyser Line, arrived in Wellington by the 'Whatarua, from Napier, 011 Saturday, and left for the scene of the wreck, accompanied by a largo gang of workmen, on Saturday aftfll'llOOll. ' AN UNFORTUNATE COMPANY. " PREVIOUS s TYSEK IJNE LOSSES. The .Tyser Line havo been most unfortunate with their vessels of late. In i!)0S the company lost a new steamer named the Shy of Japan, and on June 23 of last year the new steamer Star ofCanada, on her initial" trip to New Zealand, was lost at Gisborne roadstead. Quito recently tho AYhakaruu was on hro whilst bound from London to Australian tmd New Zealand ports, and just the nther day their Chartered steamer Courttiold, bound from New York to Australian find New Zealand ports, was reported to [have been on lire between Cape Town and Melbourne. 'It is only a few months tiince that their steamer Star of Australia broke do.\Vi>, and was towed SOO miles to lAden. ♦ • X. RANGITIKEt EIGHT'S RECORD. Among the wrecks and straudings of the past in the Itangitikei Bight are the following:— Jtanakaii (schooner), October 4, 1867. Frank Grey (barqueiitine), October 15, '•1875. " • Kobina Duulop, August 14, IS7i\ HydeTabad. Dune !il, 187 S. Felixstowe, October 13, 1878. : City ofc Auckland. October 22, 1878. forest Queen (schooner), January 14, 3879. , Colleen Bawn (schooner), April 23, 1879. 'L'ho Elizabeth (ketch). November 14, 1882. Fusileer, January 10, 18S4. Pleione, March 16. ISSS. Wea'khersfield, April 8, 1888. Stormbird, February 20, 189). Queen of the South, December SO, 1901. The Pleioue was afterwards' got off. ' The Wcathersfield was purchased by Messrs. T. ,G. Mficarthy and Saunders, 'Was afterwards refloated, and ultimately ' was transformed into a coal hulk, and is now doing service in Fiji. The City ' of Auckland, when she beached, was tarrying a load of immigrants; no lives ( were lost. When ' the Hyderabad went ashore she had'as cargo, a load of train ( rails, which had been purchased by tha ' South Australian Government from New ftealand. and. which had been intended originallv for the broad gauge railway ill the Dominion. MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN. CONFIDENT OF REFLOATING THE SHIP. Our Wanganui correspondent advised us by telephone last night that a bottlo had lieon washed ashore from the wreck during the evening, containing a message ..from the captain to the effect that the .vessel was quite tight, but that tho propellers were injured. How or when tho injury occurred tho message did not say. The messago added, however, that with Assistance they would bo" ablb to refloat .the steamer. She had now swung round, juid her bow was pointing seaward. THE INDRABARAH'S CARGO. PARTICULARS OF. THE LOADING. \ (By Telegraph.—Prese 1 Gisbcrne, May 11. j Tho wrecked Indrabarati has experi- ' euccd \ery stormy weather during her ] coast loading.. Sho arrived at Gisborne ' last Sunday afternoon during a howling ] southerly, aud was forced to shelter un- ' der Young Nick's Head until 'the follow- '• ing day, when cargo-loading was proceeded - with, . under such difficulties, however, ' .that though the vessel was expected to j sail for 'Wanganui on Wednesday, she ultimately did not get away until Thursday J afternoon. , Tho Tyser Company is having a particularly bad run of luck, as it is barely , ten months ngo since their ill-fated Star of Canada was wrecked here. 'J'ho Indrabarah's GisLorne shipments - were 204 bales of wool, 405 casks tallow, 132 casks pelts, 12,542 carcasses mutton, .3129 carcasses lamb, aud 1280 quarters j •beef. Auckland, May 11, < Tho Auckland cargo 011 the Indrabarah ; comprised 50 tons of /lax, and between j 600 and COO eases of kauri gum. , Napier, May_ 11. , The Indrabarah's cargo from Napier J Consisted of 43,000 carcasses of mutton. 700 casks of tallow, 400 bales of wool, and £05 bales of flax. The cargo shipped by the Gear Meat Company at Wellington consisted of 15,000 carcasses of mutton and 250 casks of ■tallow. Tho vessel was to come back to •Wellington to take a further shipment of mutton, etc., after loading at Wanganui.

THE FIRST NEWS. DISASTER HUGH EXAGGERATED. "Indrabarah. s.s., total wreck seven miles north or tho Rangitikei River. No lives lost. Breaking up." Tllis was tht? news received x from tile Collector of Customs, AVanganui, by the Collector of Customs, Wellington, shortly lifter 11 a .In. on Saturday. Later the Secretary of the Post and B'elegraph Department on Saturday mornJug received the following telegram from the postmaster tit Bulls:—'"Cargo steamer jndrabarali, 12,500 ton?, is stranded ashore about seven miles north of Rangitikei. The captain says she is breaking up fast. Crew so far reported to bo safe. News brought by Mr. A. M'Laren, one of_th« crew, tn'ifr. Dalrymple's telephone, miles from-liere. Very high sea and boat quarter-milo.from shore." These , ami. 01:0 or two brief Press Association messagesI from Marton were the only pieces of news concerning the wreck of the.lndi'abnrah which .reached Wellington on Saturday.