THE STRANDED LINER,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1771, 9 June 1913, Page 5

THE STRANDED LINER,

VERY SERIOUS SET BACK,

HIGHER ON THE SHORE.

WHAT A ROUGH SEA DID; 'Hint insurmountable difficulty, the weather, hus been responsible' for proioutintlioso in charge of salvago operations at tlio Indrabarah from goUing her oil Iho limigitikoi brack llioso spring tides. Had tlio weather been at all favourable, tlioro is little doubt Hint tlio big liner would not bo wliet'o blio is at 10 I! re , sc "t time. Thero is no mistaking tlio lact that the work which has been done towards refloating the Indrnbaroh lias Leon good; but from latest report JK) in the scene of operations, it appears tliat much of it will have to bo dono all again, and it looks as if tlio big Tyscr hi comer will Jiave In remain on the beach ull next high spring tides. On .Saturday (ho postmaster at Bulls tdesraphed tlio secretary of tho General Post Office as follows s- _ Message from Heaton Park at eight fins morning slates that the Jndrabaroh, if anything, has gone slightly back to ber position of two days ago. '.Sho is surrounded bv very largo •►renkors; Ihc 50a is stated to bo tromennous—rmito as bad as on the morning on which she stranded. ''Tho Torawhiti is not in sight." J/ater in the day tlio postmaster at wiills sent another message to the Secretary of (ho General Post Office. It stated that at 1 p.lll. on Saturday tho Indrabaivih had moved a Utile further inshore than at 9 a.m. The Teraivhiti was not visible, ami the sea was still very rough. _ Iho reason why tho Terawhiti was not in sight was bccaiisc she had set out to Wnngonui. Captain Watchlin, her mastelegraphed the following messago to Mr. il. A. Kennedy, local manager for tho Union Company:— "Arrived Castlcclift' 10 a.m. Moderate westerly gale. Very heavy sea. Bar dangerous for vessels going out. Heturning to Indrabarah first opportunity. Indrabarah in same position as yesterday, heading west."

At 5.30 p.m. on Saturday the Secretary of tlie General Post Ofiice received from •the postmaster at Bulls the following wire-.— "Am reliably informed that Tndrabarah has broken lior anchor lines, and is back in lier old position, and, if anything, is further up towards beach."' DISCOURAGING NEWS. The Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department yesterday received the following message from the postmaster at Hulls: — I "My report of Saturday evening is confirmed. The Indrabarah's anchor lines could not hold her against the hi§li fien3, and she got back into almost the exact position slip was in some three weeks before. Captain Rniney has left the boat, nnd is now in Bulls, but information as to future plans is not available. Nothing, of course, can be carried out until next high tide, in about ten doj's." < (By Telegraph— Press Atsoclatlon.i Palmerston North, Juno 8. Latest information from tho Indrabarah is very discouraging. The anchors would not hold, and tho vessel is now back in tho position she has been in for the past three weeks, that is, broadsido on, about 0110 hundred yanjp from tlio shore. Captain ltaincy has come ashoro 111 a basket 011 a rope. Nothing is ascertainable from tlioso coming ashoro off tho boat, but it is obvious that sho broke "holders" during tho big 6e,i on Saturday. It is evident that great disappointment is prevailing amongst those connected with tlio attempt. Tho future movements are unknown. ■ Last night (says a Press Association telecram from Marton, dated Saturday) the Indrabarah oiicountered ; very ' roiigh weather, and bumped considerably, and moved shorcwards a little, due, no'doubt, to tlio insufficiency of anchors. There is still every hope of her being refloated, Tho Terawhiti brought from Wellington an extra mushroom anchor, but the weather was too rough yesterday to allow it to be laid.