A DISABLED BARQUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81855, 2 October 1906, Page 2

A DISABLED BARQUE.

CREWS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. RESCUED IN THE NICK OF TIME. A COOK STRAIT GALE. VESSEL ON HER BEAM ENDS. MASTS CUT AWAY. VESSEL PROBABLY WRECKED. Per Press Association. \\ f'lljngion, October i. News was received in Wellington this afternoon that a barque was disabled oft' Terawiiiti. The Marine Depai triicnfc despatched the tug; Duco co the scene, bui iho vessel has not yet resumed to port. Tin: mystery, however, is cleared up by the following from the Picton agent of the Presa Association:—

"ihc sieamer Penguin, on her passage from Wellington to Picton today, picked up the crew of the barque Lutterworth, in dire distress in Cook Strait."

A representative of tho Marifcorough Press interviewed the oflicers of .the barque. He ascertained that the Lutterworth left Timaru for Kaipara 4 P-m. on Saturday. Variable winds blew till midnight, when a breeze came U p strong from the suuih-west.

\\ hen the vessel was abreast of Kaikoura, the captain decided that the weather was too thick to make Cook Strait. He accordingly shortened sail, and brought the ship eloso to the wind, heading off shore. About 7 p. m . on Sunday the balast shifted, and threw the ship on her beam ends. The captain tried to get the ship to run before tho wind, but she would not pay off. The crew had t0 cut away the masts The lifeboats were then aunched, but they broke U p under ■lie snip s quarter. Ihe crew was in a very serious condition all night, lying under the weather bulwarks.

, O A ' '? P-m they sighted the mastnad light of a steamboat, which proved to be tho Umbala, heading for hu T!"'i , Shu stood b y "iffht. at daylight tho weather and hef I fl fC to ° T ffh for her t0 risk het lifeboats. She flew signals and appeared to make for Wellington . Ihe crew then let go the port anchor, but the barque drifted towards Cape Terawhiti. With forty-five fahoms of cable out, the pj ancho a r uiught ground, but failed to hold. Cable was paid out to ninety fathoms, but the vessel still dragged, and biach™' madU rCady 10 h ° ad for the %r ei ! w j le ?, the vcssel was about a mile and a-haif from the rocks, the ■1 cnguin was sighted. Ihe steamer bore down, launched Vve /ii m Ul ° niek of time ' an d *aved the crew.

sewX ! , ck l ai ? d Mrs Hi( *s were severely knocked about, and were j n aboard. D condltion taken lhe chief officer is Mr J. S Gor'M f ?f oSfi ' iel ' antl officer Mr Morris The crew number* ib hands all told. They had a terrible experience last night, and all were more or less injured. They were worn out when they Hrrived at Pir ton, though the officers of the Pen fouhem aU tha ' Was possiblc The barque was i n a bad position when abandoned, and t|,o members of the crow do not think there is any ikelihoQcl of her being - saved.