LOSS OF THE KAIRAKI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 107, 29 September 1914, Page 4

LOSS OF THE KAIRA KI.

TLit LtoA6.'i'KK W-ul±u.uED. , %. ivu-jupu.—Press Asouciiiuon. Wellington, iKp.ciuocr 2!i. The ui mo i 1.,vl uiiice i» udmui lu-uay lioui, uuvuiouLii that St fc now vcjruia i<Uat ui« bt» foundered. In miu.won, to the Hat 01 iiie <iiw of the Ivaiiuiiii sent from ijiejiuvuub, tha following were also on uoard:—tSecondmato, iuiuoaon, who s.gued i>u an 'VYellißKton mi yiiu-e of A. rrite; A.ii.'s, i'\ Johnson, 'i. otoitJi, li linages and A\v Holiie; ordinary cswuuuu, »i Johneon; ilirciiifii, A. Tayior, >v. oarrart studi\ Hypim; toolc, J.iL. steward, W. Warrant (son of tiie ftrtoian), WuynHMifeli, Cargo and wreckage How viio iiairaki. eo«trou# to Int wiwJied aanorc. A lifeboat »LLi,.-j.ietl U'p was i«ci;eu uip at Barry-town,, 21 miles north oi the Grey iiivwr- inure is 110 &gn ot the vessel. »r the crew. Search, parwes arc scouring the iieat-li for traces ol uie 'bodies.. It Has new been ascertained tat Price,, telegraphed on Saturday an Trioe, the tczowi oii'icur, signed ou' at Wellington ♦n 'i'hiMßday last.

The Kitirakii was specially Siuitti atDublin for ttio KaiajJoi Slipping and J rudirjj;' i-'onijwny to U'ads «, ports SfiieS could not bo vonluxl by Teasels •f boavy Orosiglit. Tlie Kmrald arrived at Hakaliaka, near Pott Underwood, on Au&u*t 5, 1009, in. cluwge of Oaptain ti-ossentiue. tjlie kit Glasgow on May 10, via Sia-z and Torres Straits, nnd vy.ia eiyiity-oix duys on the passage. Two days iatej- eke anrhvd at Jjytteiton.

Although only ICO feet in length, with a beam of 2S'/ 2 foot, the Kairalki had tho appearance of being a mrueji larger vessel. The Dub. in Dockyard Company, the builders oi the, Kairaki, euoeeiidto. in tuning out an exceptionall fine cargo steamier with a v«y email legistered tonnage—only 181 ton* •-tat with a very, largo d-ead-weigjit tarrying capacity—s43 tone on a draught of Oft 11 in; 500 tons on Sy 2 {t; und 'Mi toiw on the very shallow iraxighit of Oft Kin. The Kairaki was of tati raised quarterdeck lyipq, with Ung iridgo dock and topgallant forecastle. unil was built under iloydtf Special survey to their highest class, as well ns to the reqiiirenn m-s of tho Board of Trado and the New Zealand Shipping Act. flar general appearance was a blending; of Hie line of the modarn eargo steamer with t.hoso of a powerful tugboat. She was well adapted for the carriage of sheep and cattle. !Pha K»iraki'a engines were supplied r fly Messrs Koaa and Duncan, Glasgow, Mi'J consisted of two very fine sets of triple expansion engines driving twin screws,, and developing 610 horse-power. They were enp*Tolo of driving the vessel whoii Mlv loaded at ten knots iper hour, full npeed, on an economical coal consumption. Steam was supplied by an extra large 12ft boiler working at a pressureef 18Qil>.