NAPIER
This day. The schooner Transit, 70 tonsj Captain Garroway, bound ,for Lyttelton with a cargo of guano, put in here last Friday with the main boom broken. The broken boom and onainsaH-were sent ashore, and the schooner anchored in the roadstead. A north-east gale sprang up on Monday, and increased yesterday with a very high sea. Last night the gale moderated, but the aea still increased. The Transit was riding to twp anchors. About two a.m. both cables parted, and the, vessel went ashore on Petane> Beach:! .iAs the vessel neared the breakers the crew of six hands took to the rigging and all got ashore; one man wasithrowtt to the deck ! when the vessel struck, and was rather badly hurt; he was landed Safely. The sea is now going down, but the vessel is a total wreck. V; Lateb. The Marine Department has received a telegram', that the schooner Transit, wrecked at Napier, was uninsured. The .cargo, however, was insured. *\ , • • .. '-. Latest.
The Transit, wrecked 'at Napier, today is owned by Jagg~er,~ 'Hooper,- and Easdown of Auckland. V The' insurance was only effected yesterday afternoon, the hull for £500 in the South British, the cargo between £400 add in jtb.6 Universal. ' ' i
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18830711.2.9.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4529, 11 July 1883, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
203NAPIER Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4529, 11 July 1883, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in