WRECK OF THE KAIRAKI.
A certain amount of mystery surrounds the sinking of the Kairaki, and rumours were afloat to the effect that she had been sent to the bottom by a German cruiser. The Marine Department is in receipt of the following telegram from Captain Bollons, of the Government steamer Hinemoa, concerning the wreck of the Kairaki: “Diver reports wreck Kairaki now lies nearly uptight about twenty degrees list inshore; after-part sanded up to level of decks ; forefoot clear ; starboard side clear to bilge; top of starboard propeller visible ; fore-hatch and bulkhead of top gallant forecastle smashed in; after-part of combings forehatch carried away; master’s room, officers' rooms and forecastle gutted. No signs of bodies. After-hold full of sand : hull of vessel intact as far as can be seen. Nothing more can be done. Have removed spar.’’ The above particulars appear to point to the belief that the vessel foundered as a result of shipping some very heavy seas.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1313, 20 October 1914, Page 2
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160WRECK OF THE KAIRAKI. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1313, 20 October 1914, Page 2
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