Wreck of the Waihora.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1639, 19 February 1886, Page 4

Wreck of the Waihora.

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.fBLECTBTe TELEGRAPH.-^CbPYBIGHT.) ... . i • . . ■■.. „ . '.. ;■,■+' (reuter's telegrams.) Melbourne, Thursday. Waihora lef t -Sobart i'oii^ Trtesday evening for Melbourne, haying on board over 200 passengers, and tlie weather being fine>, When abreast of the, Eddystone the 1 vessel struck on a rock, which she passed pyer. She was immediately put back into Sandy Bay, buY afterwards steamed on to Swan Island, where, as^she }was making water fast, and .had eight feet of her : plating r knocked off the' bow, she was beached, 'and now lies with I ; seven. feet of water m the hold. rThe! Southern Cross was* alongside i-at- 4 •p.t0., and repdered every.^assistance, required.! Captain McGee and. the crew'of the Wai-! hora remain with, the ship. It is stated that the rock was one not marked on the; charts^;, , -.-■;'" .. •■ ■ f^-r^.S) " : Later advices regarding the Waihora state that the vessel has, settled down on; the Sand about a hundred yards distant; from the shere. Strenuous exertions! are! being made by the officers, and crew to! save the horses The weather continues; favourable, and hopes are entertainedthat .the, live .stock will, be safely got ashore. , . The steamer Ethel-pie and the: tug- Troncan. have been, despatched with pumps to ; Stfari Island. i It •> lias ' been: arranged that the Southern Cross shall ; bring on the Wai hora's' passengers Melbourne. . • The Waihora. is insured £49,000, of which £17,000 is m the London, and £12,000 m the Colonial, and the com-: pany's own risk £20,000. c Latest. : It ,is expected) that" the Waihpra will !be floated safely. l .- ,¥V :.