STEAMER WRECKED.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 29 September 1913, Page 5

STEAMER WRECKED.

NEAR THE OTAGO HEADS. CREW LANDED SAFELY. (By Tfygrash.—Preu AmctaiionA DUNEDIN, Last Night. The steamer Tyroriei bound from Lyttelton to Dunedin, went ashore at Wahine Point, about half a mile from Otago Heads, early /yesterday morning. She is one of four vessels recently purchased by the Union Steamship Company, and was formerly owned by the Federal Houlder line. The vessel's bow and stern are n resting on the rocks, but whether she is aground amidships is not yet "'"Known. Yesterday morning there' was conaiderable movement of the vessel from amidships aft, but about 2 /■p.m. she seemed to settle down. At half-tide she was drawing 16 feet of water. Every bit of-her I 'hull is ekposed to the waves, 'which jpouncjed her *, heavily yesterday; - sending the spray right over the bridge. . Practically every nauiical man who has seen the Tyrone is of opinion that flhe is on the rocks to stay there. The tug Pjlucky left Port Chalmers nt% o'clock, and got a line-to the ' stranded steamer, but the efEort to " --shift her made"little, if any, impres- - "jion. ' , X*The captain of the tug was inform_>H»d that the third and fourth holds were full of water, and that one pro- . poller hadi been jammed in the rocks f and could not be worked. The Plucky then returned to Port Chalmers. ; A view from tbe'tiig Koputai, which went alongside the"* Tyrone later, conveyed the impression that the ' atranded vessel had a rock through her amidships. Shortly after midday a start was a. made to get off-the* crew, numbering about seventy. > Five of them were on the steamer , Devon when she went ashore at Wellington. The'work was completed about 6 A large quantity _of baggage was - ashore; the men eaving prac/jf tically all their effects, ( - - Aubrey Davis, an officer of the ves«ei, was crushed between a boat and the ship's hull, and had to be taken to the hospital. His injuries are apparently confined to a broken rib or two. Captain McLanchlan has been coming to Port Chalmers for the last fifteen years or go, and is recognised as a most careful and able seaman. The fog during Friday night was very dense, and a heavy wind blew towards the land." 1 This possibly prevented those on the Tyrone from bearing the fog signals at thro heads, which were kept going all night and on Saturday morning. . , The Tyrone had 887 tons of cargo 1 a for Dunedin, consisting of whisky,, iron, and general merchandise. Mr Her next port was the Bluff, for final discharge, and she was-then, to , ~"""" 1 have passed over to the Union Company. At the time of the wreck she was running under the auspices of the Federal Shire line, though she was purchased by the Union Company some months ago. The latest intelligence from Taiaroa Heads this evening showed that the position of the vessel remained unchanged, except that she had taken a slight list to starboard, that is out to sea. The weather had nTooferated some>what, and the vessel stands well out of the water, but is apparently firmly -; fixed. [The Tyrone is a twin-screw stea- , **.mer, built »at Jtetfasb in 1901 by 3Mtfessrs Workman, Clark, and Co. Her dimensions are: Length 450 ft, and beam 55ft, • with a draught of 30ft Bin. She has a tonnage of 6664 tons gross and 4296 tone net.] \i '■_■ ' -