ANOTHER SHIPPING MISHAP.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 102, 16 May 1885, Page 3

ANOTHER SHIPPING MISHAP.

Fears are entertained for the safety of the Auckland cutter South Carolina, which left this harbour for Port Charles on|Tuesday, May 5. Her owner, Mr Emanuel Soars, informs us that as he was unwell he did not go with the cutter as usual. She had three men on board as a crew, and also a lady and four children as passengers. On the way to Port Charles some very stormy weather was experienced, and one squall split the cutter's mainsail and carried away her jibboom. At this time she was near her destination, two anchors were put down, and one of the crew went ashore with the passengers in the dingy. This man, who supplied his employer with the particulars already related, says that after getting ashore (this was on Tuesday morning) the wind increased to a heavy galo, and he de cided to remain on shore all night. He saw the cutter at anchor at midnight, but a few hours after that she had disappeared. The wind was blowing off the land, and itis feared that she was in a crippled condition, carried out to sea, unless by some lucky chance she might have been run into Tryphena, about 12 miles distant from Port Charlop. Her owner will be a heavy loser if the cutter does not turn up safely, for he has no insurance on her. He intended to leave this afternoon in a cutter for the purpose of carrying out a diligent search for the missing vessel. He says the men on board have families »n Auckland, and declines to give their names for tear of giving cause for alarm, while there is a chance of all being found safe at Tryphena. The South Carolina is a vessel of 27 tons register, and was built at Great Barrier in 1874.