THE SUVA DISASTER.
Westport, July 11. Tiih Suva's, pas&engeis and crew woio safely landed yeste day afternoon, "he passe ng-eis and pait of Mie crow had been battened down, and had a veiy unpleasant time. The harbour-master i& of opinion that the \ etsel will be easily iloatcd. Captain Todd .states that the vessel touched the giound off the end of the breakwater, and then conbiol of the vessel was lost, ami she drifted away to the southward into the smf, bumping continually till she took the giound permanently. The engines were kept going m an endeavour to make headway seaward until bhe fires were put out by the seas breaking over the vessel. The ofKceis* loorah on deck \\eic swept clean of their, belongings. The engine-room i*& half full of water, but it i& supposed to ha\e come o\cr the side of the vessel, and gone down through the bunkers mid ventilators, not that the ship is making water. A supply of buckets has been sent for, to bale the steamer out. Nothing will be done towards getting the vessel oft until the weather moderates ; but she is renting safely on a sandy bottom at present. tieavy anchors will be brought from Wellington by the Wareatea to assist in getting her off, and the steamer Moa will be de'ained hero for that puipose.
W hSTPOKT, Wednesday. The hull of the s.s. Suva is intact so far as, can be seen, but ."lie is tall of water. The jnopeller it> uninjured, but the hatches were stove in, and everything moveable on deck washed away.
\v bllington, July 12. Tiui, Suva is valued at £5,000, and insured in vaiious colonial offices for £3,000. The followiujy tnithei telegtam his been received by ]\Lr Mills: — ''The Suva drifted half d mile further from the bi oak water, and is now ashore, but not in a dangerous jiotition. Can do nothing till the sea moderates. The Harbourmaster thinks she will probably come oil easily. The beach is flat and bandy wheio the ship lies, in&ide of a heavy break. Communication will be possible a,c low water."
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 281, 14 July 1888, Page 5
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351THE SUVA DISASTER. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 281, 14 July 1888, Page 5
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