HOW THE CASUALTY HAPPENED Wellington, April 10.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 5

HOW THE CASUALTY HAPPENED Wellington , April 10.

Cuta.i\ SuiKßii^ >tate? that on Fnda\ la^t he Cape Farewell oil -which he lay beealmerl for 14 hour*. A biee/e -pi injrinf. up on Sat ui clay nicrhb he -et sail' hi- coui-e beinjr S E by E , and thUooui-e he adheted to till he wa? biou^ht up .-standing near the mouth ot the Ohau The captain 1- unable to account tot his position. The weather, both on Fiida) and Sat vi day la&t, 1^ deaciiiunl b> him a*htinq^ tliick and forro^y, but net -ouLbeilv ot foiruv e.'ionu'i to obicuie the r ht of land -m fact, he -\\\ Cape Taieucll 11 1 '_; 1111 1 1 heu-e, he=a_\-, di-unetl\ at halt \),\-~\ tin on Satuiday moinin^ lie -tate- f har on the biec/e -punuin^ up on .~ialuida\, lv hoisted -ai!, ,uu) took a <oui-c which he hcliCAcd would caLt* hnn thic-n^h the Stiait. He .ulmit- n >.\ he \\a-> thiit\ mile-> out. ot hi- piopei eiau-e, bub lunable to account toi the e:un He l- ot the impu>>i<m that then 1 i^ a (iiniM-t -et tin« in bttwein Kapin Inland and the m.un land H'hu'h iniffht ha\e thiown him out ot hi- lec-koninu Cantata liend.ill l- of opinn>n thai the \e--el can b° oil if uiom[)t mciMiie^ are taken. She had 450 ion-, of balla-t on boa id.