WRECK.
THE BIVER HUNTER COMES TO GRIEF. (Per Parosa Association.) Auokland, yesterday. Tho barqnontine lviver Huntor was totally wreokod whilst entering Hokianga river, when being towod in by tho atoamor I O iiiuinuri. Tho lattor’H rudder broke, and the baiquentiuo drifted ashore on tho South Hoad. Tho crow and tholr effects wero saved. I Later.—Tho s.s. Obinemuri was struck I by a bugo sea when towing tbo Rivor I Huntor into Wbangnpe. Her steering I gear was carried away. Tho tow-lino was I out to save tho steamer. Tbo River I Huntor was thon driven on to tbo rocks I with tho boavy sea. Sho is a total wreok. I Tho osptaiu and crow landed with greut I difficulty. I
The River Huntor, a steel barquonlino cf 815 tons register, was a woll-knowu ooal trader between Gisborne and Newras le, taking back loads of timber from northern ports to Byd> ey. Sho was purehasid about nine months ago by Captain Obrisp. Tbero was an insurance of £I6OO at L'nyd’s, while the vessel was valued at £BSOO.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19060501.2.36
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 3
Word Count
176WRECK. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1737, 1 May 1906, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in