RIPPLE DISASTER.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1924, Page 3

RIPPLE DISASTER.

TWO LIFEBOATS FOUND.. [JIY TELKOR AIMI —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. Auk. 11. Tin* steamer Runt luis left fur u further senrcli for the HijjjiN'. Judging hy the wreckage washed up at Cnstle|viiut. further bodies will come ashore. There is a further search being made, extra eonstahles having heeii dispatched to Castlepoint. Two lifehoats inarhed •‘Ripple'’ have lieeu found at Castlepoint. I’rohahly they indicate that another body will he ashore there soon. A considerable quantity of licnz.ine and barrels of lubricating oil were found on the beach at the mouth of the Karori stream, lietweoii Happy Valley and Terawhiti Station. It was thought at first that tin- oil might have been part of the cargo carried by the Ripple. Captain I’etersen states definitely that oil of the deserip-I tion found at the month of the Karori stream was not carried by the Hippie. Tt is presumed that the tins and barrels formed part of the deck cargo washed overboard from some vessel running across the Strait. IN GUEST ON CAPTAIN. MASTKRTON. Am. 11. The body of Captain Norling wnbroilght to .Masterton this mi'irning. when a eoronial impicst was opened. Edward Henson, fireman, of Welling-I ton. identified the body, and deposed to I haring seen the do.i-. ..I last alive on the (leek of the Ripple at Wellington I wharves on Wednesday. Witness had received his disebano. tin■ dm pre-I vions, and bade the Captain good-day. I leaving the boat after 1 11 mil on Wed- : nesday. Deceased was then in good , health.

Constable BctTdoson stated that while patrolling the beach on Sunday at 2.1 n p.m. he dis** • the body 3] Us., south of Castlepoint. The body, which was clothed onlv in trousers, underpants, shoes and socks, was found face upwards on the rocks with bruises on the legs. arms, shoulders and head. The impicst was adjourned sine die. Excepting the lifebuoys found at Castlepoint, a thorough search to-day failed to locate further traces of the missing vessel or crew.