DISMASTED.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 161, 29 June 1908, Page 2

DISMASTED.

ADRIFT EOR THREE WEEKS. PERILOUS EXPERIENCE OF AN INTERCOLONIAL SCOW. SAFELY TOWJSDTO WELLINGTON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ! Wellington, Last Night. •The scow VYhangaroa, bound from Wanganui to Sydney with timber, was picked up disabled by the Westport Company's steamer llegulus on Friday evening, and towed to Wellington, reaching here yesterday evening. The Whangaroa left Wellington on .Tunc •'iril, and met fail' weather till tile !)tb, when a heavy gale sprung up, accompanied l>y lierce squajlj. At ■! a.m. on the 10th, tlie three masts went without warning. For ten days tlie scow drifted aimlessly at the mercy of the lierce elements, and during this tline the crew performed the dillieult task of clearing the vessel's bottom of wreckage. The Whangaroa was then jury-rigged, and meeting with favorable began to make her way back to Now Zealand slowly, but on the whole satisfactorily.

On the 20th, the steamer Whangape, bound for Sydney, sighted the Whangaroa. She could not tow the scow back to New Zealand, and having ascertained that the disabled craft was sufficiently provisioned, promised to report her to the owners, E. D. Pike and Co., of Sydney. By Friday last, the Whangaroa waS off Cape Farewell. Then the wind set in from the East, and all on board were relieved when the Kcgulus was sighted. The Kcgulus, whicli was bound from Westport to New Plymouth with coal, made fast to tho. Whangaroa, and succeeded ill making Wellington without mishap. Capt. W. Harris and bis crew arc all well. After the loss of the masts, about 15,000 feet of timber was lost overboard or jettisoned.