A Vessel Founders

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 106, 28 September 1914, Page 4

A Vessel Founders

WITH AXiL IJAKDB. j ON TUB WEST OOAST. FATE OF THE KAjERAKL By Telegraph.—l'ress Association. Groymiouth, September 538. A quantity of wreckage hafl' Town found at Tenmrile lieacli and recognised by the Weal agent as belonging to tale steamer Kairaki, uf 181 tan&T Two lifebuoys bearing tho naime '\Kaiiraiki" were also washed ashore. The stoajner was due here to-day from Wellington. 6ea,rch oiartiea (have gone out to endeavor to lind traces of nho ship «md crow. So far no news of the latter is to band.

Tlie chief postmaster at Greymoutlh has sent the following to the 'Beeretary o Talegrnjpflis, Wellington:—"Th» Tennalo Mophouist reports weakajje coming ashore, consisting of butter, broama, etc., and one pieca of board marked 'Remuera.' Am obtaining fulider paiitioulam Police and Ouatome informed."

The wireokago is paint of tihe lotal steamer 'Ka.ina.ki, and..the piece of timr ber marked "RemuKra" is part of a packing-case. The Kairaki is knowai to have lrad shipments ex Remuera. Later.

Further search indicates tlhat th® worst fears with regard to the Kairaki are realised. It is surmised tlist either through rough weather or accident tho ship waa driven on tho rocks near Point Elizabeth and lias totally disappeared. Sluo had a. crew of aixteen aboard, including: First mate, D. MtIntyre; second mate, 3. 'Trice; flrat engineer, W. Arnold; second engineer, -Harold Gittoes (G'reymouth); third engineer., T. Noble (Giremiouth). It ia believed tho vessel is a. total ioia. There were no »igns of a boat or tlie crew at 2 p.m.

Greymowth, Last Night, Tho eoaat from Point Elisabeth to the north of Barrytown is »t/rcw* with wocka#c, consisting of chaff. fritter deck fitting. A couple of lifebuoys marked "s.s. Kairaki, I/yttcJton," have been washed aahore.

All day long motor-cars have .been minning out to the viciinity where the wreck is supposed to have taken ipla-t* l . Several captains of vessel*, is port went to Seven-mite this morning. On tlheir return fhev wore intwvieiwcd by a reporter. They expressed tihe beJief that the vessel had struck on the rocks at Point KlizaMh. This was imlicated by the lifebuoys, deck fittings and other lighit objects coming ashore there, heavier articles carried l by the northerly sea coming ashore further noth.

Tho heavy »ea running ob the Grey bar makes it impossible for a, tug to go out and make ft search. The harbormaster expressed the opinion that tho f|jar will be unworkable amtsil to-morrow ftfternoon at mo easiest. The veTy Ihigh Ben. all siloing tho coast would break tihe Kairaki wjp within a few .hours. Tho Kairaki has "been rajifortMimte. Lately she had been barb on nil in Hokitika for three weeks, after acarly wrecked on the baa'.

H. Gittos, the second engineer. and T. Noble, the third engineer, are both local TncnL A yoavl.h named Mariott Mvlroi was on board making a pi ensure trip with his friend Noble.

Captains of the vessels express the opinion that the mWhiip was due to a HrejiVilown in the engines. The Kniralci waa a twin-screw steamer, with powerful engines for her size, which enabled liar to nmke the trip wihcii oiiier vessels were obliged to sMter. Them have l>een msuny wm-ks «n the West Coast within recent years, hut the Kairaiki is the Hirst to be eti-fnded with loss of life.

Word 'has just toeeM JWceifeSl that articles consigned to th« R f v. Moao# h*n, which was know# to t>e aiboaßl, were washed ashore at 80-rrytowil. Wellington, Last Niclut. The Secretary of the Post Offipe is advised to-day from Oreymouth that it ia now certain that the Kairaki ha* foundered,

A BARQUE iASHORI. AT KAIPARA HHADiS. Auckland, Beptemfocr 20. The barqua Anglo-Norman, from Duned'in, ran ashore on the 'North (Spit at Kai.pa.ra during a fctwrj tqaa.!! at noon. I ; ;