CAPTAIN COZEN'S REPORT.

Manawatu Herald, 27 May 1899, Page 2

CAPTAIN COZENS REPORT.

0 iptaio Ooz '03, of the Whangtroa his supplied us with the following report : " The schooner Whaogaroa, 182t0n3, Wm. Cozins master, Nelson and Robertson agent?, 165,000 ft white pine timber. . Sailed from Fox too (N.Z ) on Miy 8, and experiencad variable and unsettled weather up to the 12tb, at midnight. 00 this date the lights of a disabled steamer were sighted about ten miles to windward. The Whangnroa wis immediately hauled to the wind, and 1 stunibye ' signal? excbmged. At 8 am- n xfc day C*p am G>z^n* board j d ih > steamer, which proved to ba iha P* j rthsbir rt , of Glasgow, bmad from R>ckhimpr.nn, via Sydny, to th-i B uff (N Z). Captain Wallac 3 , of ih< iwamir, r^pirted thit on April 28 la 4, tha tail shafc broke right af'. in the stern-tub*? ; although hiving ppira gtar on board, repiiis onild not bj effected at sv«, and meanwhile the vessel lay in ra'd ocaa. unminageable, nod reqiiring asei rt *nc<j <f a powerful sieam >c t j bring he<.*'to Sydney, to which port, Captain Wallace ha.d deoid^d to return, tot-ffiCt ivp.tfra. Al« thiugh fnjrtuea days had elapg'd from the tiun of th« breukJowq t) che speaking of the Woangnroa, not a single vessel hid been sighted by those on tbj P^rthjhirp, aqd they werj cons qaently very gra'te(al to ba able to forward c immuaication by th<i sah oqer. :Har position wh u n (ha Whaogaroa lefo was latitude 85 deg. O.i)Q. south, and lG")deg. 40 mm. east. Thin places h?r midway bnw^en ihe tracka of Auokland and WeUington 9teamers, and snm> 450 miles east of Sydn «y. Uq<ett!ed and oa»e weaih°r was experienced th nee to arriviil." Oiptuin o>z>ni added that fhe Perthshire has spme canvas and tnad j 100 miles in one da« after a^e broke down. AH on board are \te\\ t but are very tired of being in ihe position they are in. Thire are plenty of provisions, a* she i? half laden with froz.-n. mftE*t n .;&o<s can cond( j n?e plenty of WAter^.tfeere U really m danger of har fpadlJering, and all sorts of pVc j cmtiott4 ljave been taken to prevent any difiisfc.jr,