THE HAWEA ASHORE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 264, 31 October 1908, Page 2

THE HAWEA ASHORE.

SXUL'CK BY j. noiiLEH. XHROWN UN GitJmiOllTH IlltE-iK-VKATJ3II. | THE (JXIEW «Al:'K By Telegraph.—Press Association, tireyinouih. I.ii.it N'i«lit. The llawca left at l.:i() I'm- Launeosti'u mill Adelaide with .nor 7:,0 0()0 siipcrlkial feet oi' roil ;i ,|.| uiiii,- ~i,u . N lieu on tin; bin- she was struck by a roller, uiiil .being iiualili- 10 ri-Mi,, „„] <iol, (In/led on t 0 Hi,, nuiili breakfilter. «lie is apparent!.), ashore amidships, and .breakers are now going over the vessel. The deck timber is alioat The harbor stall' have gone over with saving gear, but there is no fear for the crow, who will be able to land on tlie tip head easily. There was tremendous excitement in town, and hundreds proceeded to flic scone,

Lines were later got ashore from the llawea, and the crew landed safely. The steamer's position is a very bad one.

PROBABLY HKU).\JK A TOTAL WRECK. Later. From -present appearances the llawea will probably become a total wreck. The cliains holding the deck cargo soon broke away, and much danger was occasioned by the loose timber. The lines from the ship were got ashore shortly after 2 p.m.,. and the crew we-e transferred to the shore in baskets, and the men's luggage later. The sea was making all the time, and late in the afternoon was breaking over the vess.-d, which had a considerable list to port. There seems to be very little chance of saving her, a s already some of her deck fittings have been washed ashore, besides a quantity of timber.

The, lln won is commanded by Captaii Burgess, who lias traded to this port 01 numerous occasions, and only lately re lioved Captain Eeid. The timber on the Hawoa was shipped by Wickes, Ltd., to clients in Adelaide and Launceston. Jt is insured against loss for invoice value. There is 179,000 feet for Launceston and 534,000 for Adelaide. Salvage operations will be proceeded with vigorously to-morrow, provided the weather is iinc. The sea lave to-night shows signs of moderating. The men and ollieers saved all their belomiings. U 'was on her last trip from this port that tlic Hawea broke her tail shaft in the Tasman Sea, the repairs and cost of search totalling £SOOO, The Union Company has been pursued by ill-fortune with its vessels duringl the past six months, although with the exception of the, ..>.«s of the Lo.-h Lomond, the mishap lo the Hawea is the most serious, (c is only a few weeks ago since the Hawea was almost given up for lost through the breaking of her propeller shaft while on a voyiiw from Newcastle to Xew Zealand. ' She was eventually picked up, after a, long drift, in [he neighborhood of Xnrfolk Island. The Hawea is a staunch vessel of 17.18 tons gross register, about the same tonnage as the Kotomahaia. The bones of her predecessor, as nciirlv everyone in Taranaki is no doubt aware, are lying at the bottom of tliet New Plymouth harbor, where she became a wreck many years ago. Singularly enough, the sister ships of the o i Hawea. the Taupo and the Ohau, made their last voyages out of G'roymoutn. where the second Hawea has now come to grief. The Ohau was lost in Cook Straits with all hands while on a voyage from Givymouth to Last Oast, poris. The Taupo broke away from Greyniouth wharf during a flood in (lie river and drifted on to the bar. whence she was thrown broadside on to the W'rili breakwater, where she quickly became a total wreck, the erew being landed with difficulty. The ill-fated ITawca is evidently ashore at the sanve spot, and from the writer's'knowledge of the locality, it is almost certain tint site will break her back within a few hours and become a total wreck.