THE WRECK OF THE TRIUMPH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 4, 3 December 1883, Page 3

THE WRECK OF THE TRIUMPH.

•'" Farther ' P^c^ars^ ! d(BY^ T^E6>BAPH.)' (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) | .o ;.j ■:■'■> ,AnOKjtAN© v De6.'l. The night was clear thongh, , dark. ; flJhe? .pilot left her } outside' Bangitbto ab' 9 o'clock, and gave the.* Captain his bourse. The ; steamer was goikjg Hi knots', and struck very heavily. No ■ light is thrown on the canse' of the disaster, as the coume^ouldhave taken . her miles away from Tiritiri, and the \ lighthouse whas right ahead Of where fihtf strode?'-' The captain was on the bridgeat the time. TheWrgo cotoyirfces j a quantity bi* railway Iron from Loudon j for the South, arid 14 bales of wool. She j na»:lf ,fatfcom£ r astern^ a£4 there is 1/Tft j Of water abaft the fOro rigging, so that j fenSi»ging by her bow. From the vessel^ jbapers it appeard there was only 6ne passenger aboard and he was a Mr TJiomas.. whq.had come through- .with \ IriomtLonrl6riand1 r i om t Lonrl6riand was bound ; South. This, gentleman says he was ■ asleep at the" time of -" the occurrence. ; The shock naturally created a great deal 'excitement "on boards -especially when it was found that ;water was .making ijjst. V^q-Vapta&i^f 8 ;! 011 t^ e . bridge & fhe ! thneyiKhd the pilot had* left the vessel more tban.au, yhour previously. Blue lights and rockots were burned during ihe nighkfor a^istetoCe. j Capt. Brotherton seems completely dazed with his misfortune. Hn-ia-reported to have said that after discharging the pilot off RangitOto Jleef h^'sl^d'dOwfi i towards Tiritiri Lighthouse to get a good oinng and then'lay -his course 'lb-wards Cape Colville. M £ was some five' V miles out Of the usualTcourse.^ The Vessel is lying within someitliree hundred yards of the lighthouse. At low water people can •walk from / the^Triumph on to the reef, and go_ ashore. Tbe.Triumpb, according to the Aupklantl Stor, was built m 1880 by MessrtfGlaytoh^ Dixon, and Co., of MiddjeshpjpNonjteea* ?«* dimmenwm£m as follows :— Length, 350 f t; beam, 35ft Sin '; depth of hold, 27ft. Her registereol. tonnage :is 1797 tons, . lfu^&e, Js f»^fee <# carrying 2997 to^aV .Tfhe nominal horserpower is 400, .'»^ 0R Ac : '»<sjqSl 2000. The Triumph is a large cargo,(»rrying Vessel converted i^nW preterit use. ; lE^erything m tho . wijjPof n^cbinery. .^.facilitate the loading'finti unlbty^g.', of cargo; is .to be ■i found pnJj^^/Ihe Triumph possesses t*hiTge refiigerator-rone of the best . 1^ was .cpnßtvuofjed by the njrm.of Haslam, and Co. XJerbyi^iid^s replete with all.thelatest improvements. Lee chambers for the. inception of tjhe iiaeaiaro,a.lßo-provided> they Being 'capable* of (holding a very; large, number, of.^carcases.; It /may; ; , be he mentioMd that she js divided into six watertight^compartmen^i -and? provision "w^^^W.W-SOQ; -tons of water ballast. . Jhe^ Tiiuroph is commanded belbaptain J. Brotherton; She carjie;*, four engineers, and . JL.7„ firemen. Near J^ the .whp^e ,of the Tj£umph"fl pa^song^.j^ ( j^'^idi^yß-.poif|B were transhipped' to : the W&. Manapouri on Thursday last. q . ; ,:-,-••..'•■•' ,ii . .-i:j r ::» •;•'■' 'This. Day, The steamer Triumph lie? m the same position', y A' proposal has been<made to lighten the viflssel by removing her cargo and attempt to draw her off by employing the Union Company's steamers, which will if) fo thought 1 give sufficient powqr to iiear the plates m her bow completely out. Y-j it'-'-'-- :^