WRECKAGE ON EAST COAST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 130, 19 February 1918, Page 6

WRECKAGE ON EAST COAST

PORTION OF ft WOODEN - SCHOONER. ' By TeleEranh.—Press Association. Auckland, February 18. The police constable of Te Araroa, one hundred miles north of (Jisborne, telegraph's to the Collector 'f Customs that part of a wrecked vessel is on the beach at Te Araroa, apparently a three-masted wooden schuoner, with 124 ft. keel. Only the flooring and part of the sides are left. A .few American 'coins and a bale-hook were found. There is.everj indication that the vessel wrecked h the recent storm. The Secretary of the G.P.0., Wellington, has received the following report from Gisborne:—"The postmaster at Te Araroa reports: 'About 125 feet of the keel of a schooner was found on the beach on Sunday, two miles north of Te Araroa. The vessel appears to have been burnt from tho deck to the water-line. A large quantity of tin taps and handles, belonging to benzine tins was found on board. Several American coins (some dated 1917), and part of a San Francisco newspaper bearing date June 17, 1917, were also found. Up to the present nothing has been found to indicate the name of the vessel.' "

(Jisborne, February 18,

The wreckage at Te Araroa is about two miles from the township, in the direction of Hick's Bay. It is portion of a sailing vessel 125 ft. long. The upper works have gone, but there is evidence of a number of charred benzine cases and hundreds of benzine tin labels. The indications arc that the vessel was burned from the waterline up. Quite recently a man's hat was found bearing the mark of a San Francisco firm, and inside the band a piece of newspaper dated June 17, 1917. The only other personal property are American coins dated 1917, a pair of spectacles, and a set of teeth. Later. No further particulars regarding the wreckage at Te Araroa are available in Gisborne.