THE HYDERABAD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5541, 31 December 1878, Page 2

THE HYDERABAD.

The telegraphic information pnbli shed in our yesterday's issue re the Hyderabad proves to have been somewhat exaggerated. Captains Gibbon and Holmwood, who returned from the scene of operations yesterday, report that the effect* of the rocent gale have been beneficial, rather than otherwise. The ship originally lay nearly end on to the beach ; the gale shifted her round about four points. She has since been brought round about a point and a half, and lies about opposite the main-chain, and in a fair way to again reach the sea, so that really her position has been improved. On Wednesday and Thursday she was moved 78 feet, and on Friday was afloat at half-tide, with fifteen feet of water at her stern. In consequence of the gale it was deemed advisable to allow her to drift in shore again ; but though farther from the sea in other respects she is now in a better position than previously, and is only making a quarter of an inch of water a day. Captains Gibbon and Holmwood yesterday arrived in town, and will return to the scene of the wreck in a few days, when another attempt" to float-the jesseLvvilL bejuade. It is now merely a question of weather. If it prove fine the effort no doubt will be successful, buf if it be rough the contrary will be the result. In view of the labor expended and trouble taken in the work, it is to be hoped fine weather will prevail. As an instance of the fury of the gale and tho high tide, it may be mentioned that a couple of iron tanks used at the sceus of the wreck have been washed down the beach—one a distance of twelve miles, and the other twenty miles. The City of Auckland has suffered a good deal by the gale?, and now lies broadside on to the beach.