A SHIP ASHORE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 205, 6 February 1915, Page 4

A SHIP ASHORE.

'" NO LOSS OF LIFE. J J y By Cable —Press Association— <. upy right). t. Auckland,.La&t Night. .V The Italian full-rigged ship Eurasia* i' 1874 gross tons, commanded b, C.iptaint '! Francesso Olivari, went ashore >/.i a mudj. '' flat, five miles south-west 01 Tliameg. , wharf, at 10 o'clock last ni;_. t. Tb4 ,; vessel left Auckland at 10 a.m. yesteij* day for Monte Video, and was c. ar.y fag . out of her normal course. For tli.s thi j captain blames his compasses, ves-t n sel now stands upright in the toft mud. f at low tide, and is not considered to be. n in any danger, but it may bo dil!:'cult tc£remove her from her position, aj it wag tf high tide when she grounded. The Han i, bor Board's tug left at 5 pjtt(. n for the scene, to endeavor to taw thi e Eurasia off. The attempt was to hav#; ;- been made at 11 o'clock to-night, wheij, n the tide would be at its height. t The Eurasia, which is owned by Guy r seppe Mortola Fu Giambattista, of Sail Rocco, Sammgli, Italy, < and was built '• at Greenwich in 1885, arrived in Welling}* K ton about August with a cargo of Ma|» '' aeilles tiles for New Zealand. After dili a charge of her Wellington cargo, tbjrj vessel left for Auckland with the b&fi ■ I" ance of about 300,000 tiles, arriving hergj - '" on November 7tli. As no charter wajj forthcoming, the Eurasia was towed Mian anchorage in the stream early in Dm r cember, where she remained until heij. s departure from Auckland yesterday. Shj; . was towed out by the tug Teawhina to] i the neighborhood of Tiritiri, and latej' a sailed for Cape Colville. The vessel hag a a very sharp keel, and is well "down iij 3 the soft mud, but has sustained no damn - age whatever,. The crew are still ogi e board, and are quite comfortable. ■' ■ i