Wreck of the Miowera.

Manawatu Herald, 21 October 1893, Page 2

Wreck of the Miowera.

News has been received at San Francisco that Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co.'s steamer Miowera, which left Sydney for Vancouver, on 19th September,. struck on the rocks, at the entrance to Honolulu harbour at 8 o'clock on the night of the 2nd October. Tugs failed to move the vessel, and the attempt of an American warship to tow her off was also unsuccessful. : Faint hopes are entertained of saving her as she lies in a dangerous position, and will break up if bad weather is experienced. The steamer is resting amidships, and her rudder-post is gone. She makes little water. The, cargo .was saved in good con- ' dition, and her supply of coal has been jettisoned. The mails and passengers have

arrived in San Francisco. Mr Huddart expects to be able to maintain an unbroken time-table from Australia. The Miowera lies in lift of water. The Miowera entered the harbour passage while the pilot was lighting the buoys at 8 o'clock on the evening of October 2. „. .*. Her engines are uninjured. Five tugs and : steahlers tried to get her off without success. Lloyd's fear that she will become a total wreck, owing to her stem being immovable. The Australia conveyed her passengers and mails to San Francisco. The Miowera is well-known in New Zealand, having traded last summer with that other fine steamer the Warrimoo between thiß Colony and Australia. Captain Stott, formerly of the Union Steam Ship Company's Rotor ua, commanded the Miowera. The wrecked vessel was a steel twin^Ecrew steamer rigged as a three-masted schooner, her dimensions beirigr— Length, 857 ft over all ; extreme breadth. 42£ f t; moulded depth, 28ft— giving a gross tonnage of 8820 anj : a net tonnage of 2270. The boilers and engines were constructed by the Wallsend Shipping and Engineering Company. She was a splendid ship, with most complete accommodation and- 'fittings, and cost £90,000.