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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7715, 18 January 1905, Page 2

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vhsck isis mmm< % m A Totil Lms. ' \§J| (Per Proas Association.) ,"jt WELLINGTON, Jan. JJ}k "■£ 'l'ho steamer Numbucca - North),, bi4Ct in New South Watattngfc struck a rock near Sinclair' HnHI' jbK owing to the thick weather, ton o'clock last night, and ia r«- f" ported to l« # total wrack- WP ' lives wore lowt. The N*tubuoca w»» , coming from IllcJibuiiu witit a qua** Itity of wool, chaff, ptc.. for Wdlinijton. Bho was latifiaast of Totwhiti shortly aiter nine, and * thick fog HettUd damn shutting out tK? lainl and alj lighls. (!<|iUla Korlh wan on the bridge «lih lija •cb'ef oiltcor (C a |i[a(n croke.'), and* for a iimo vainly attempted to pick up the land. Considering that ha ww well oft the land, Captain North haulod the vessel up « point, and then for the first time they | found themutdves in the vicinity of Turn's Hock, wfcich haa brought ao many vowels to grief In the Cook Straits. " Hard down 1" yelled Um shipper, and Che little vessel, aft* wering her helm quickly, headed Ma- ■ word, but not soon enough. She struck thSa outer fringe of the re«(, and, being under full speed, climbed well out of the water on t© tb#„v* reef. Another ton feet would avoided the dangen Though thatar.. ward part of the sfeauier - was, what : L: ■ the crew left, quite dry, the after panfi. from the deck on the bridge, was submerged), and Ufa inwmwlira (three ladfcwwd one genttowfwlll probably lo« ewrythS talna wife and child wen atao on* board at the time of the aoriiieat,, ww the passengers were In their Then was little commotion a* tne Ma waa smooth u a milk pond. Hwre wa« no dlfitoußy in the wSJrfTT" "f 4 cpew b<ta * srrod5 rrod t? * boat. llugßiog Um . shore, the boat mad* tor «* Bay, and the party Lauded there Just about midnight-two hour* af. ter the accident-sad were Übly received by the proprietor of an hotel there. " The Nainbucca w a s a smalt woodon vessel of 136 too* , Millt in Australia, and the Australian Alliance nave a Hoe on her of £2OOO. rel*.Hired for £IOOO. IV wool wu insured in the New ZeakuwL office | The Dueo left for the scene, mat l^, e g' irgo 01 "ov* «a *Mflr ba vemei " "Mjr to fcecone «ST l w ato , tUnk " be* U» «p« idity of her after part tfnkinc that outf" 0,6 botfom *« ««■ LATEST PJUtTRUS. ' The Du«v which left for the scene pi the wrecli to-day at hL», r*. turned to port at 9.80 p.m. Tta Nambucca ha» tapped hack off tin wp, and the hul is now conpMily submerged. All that la vMMe it the \«ry top of the funnel and tIN upper portion of the masta. The wreck if pointing due south. It haa now transpired thart. the v«we( struck on a reef Inside of Tom's Rock, and rituated about half a mile west of * Sinclair Head. There waa a con* sMerablouea running Uil« afternoon, and it <'s expected (hat the veawi- J will break up in the first souther- '' 0 'y ffale. Tha crew and paswrnirws . have lo«l all their Mongingii, aaC-'\ i it is stated that the ahip'a papen 4 and mails have also gone down ill a the rfoamer. The BriutolM -I MOKE INOICAITONS OK WRECK< ' r S HOBABT, Jan. 17. 1 A scorch party has discovored hu 1 dicatiooa that the Briorholine struck j Horshoo BcW. Onsen Island. Them, ® }s wuch wreckage about. W' S found an unoccupied camp, evidently where one survivor had been livIng a fortnight ago. lliere vm4~e,r nothing to indicate Ms later moi3i tujents.