TIDINGS OF THE KAKANUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3728, 5 February 1891, Page 2

TIDINGS OF THE KAKANUI.

Rotura of the Hiaemoa. Probable Foundering. (BY TELEGRAM) , *' Bluff, Fe brnary 4. Arrived Hinemoa, from Mac. quarries Island, at 6 pim. She reports that the Kakauui arrived there on the 2nd January, and left again on the Brd, taking away eight men from the island, and leaving Mr Mellish, the manager, and his wife there. Two days after the Kakanui . left the Macquarries a fearful westerly ! gale was experienced there, and it j» most probable thai the Kakanui foutidered in that gale. The poople i on the Macquarries had plenty of rice, flour and bisouits, and also eat the penguin'B eggs and part of the bird itself. Mr Mellisb refused to come in the Kakanui, preferring to await the arrival of the Gratitude, ketch, from Inveroargill, A thorough search haß been made of > the Auckland, Snares, Solanders r Traps, and all outlying islands, but no trace of anyone has been found. - The gale experienced at the Macquar*** ries after the Kakanui left was bo violent that casks of oil were blown along the beaob, and a hut was blown down, Captain Fairchild fears that it is only too likely that the Kakanui experienced that gale and foundered, as when she left the Macquarries she was vory deep, and had apparently a. «ood stook of coals on board. Dune din, February 4. So far as can be ascertained the names of those od board the Kakanui aro—Captain William Best, married, with 4 children j Captain Jacob Kckoff, mate, married, with 6 or 7 children; Morris Ericson, mate, married; Robert Stowart, engineer, married, 1 child; William Morgan, fireman, married, 4 children; WilliamRensler, cook and steward, married ; George Ludwig, seaman, married, & children; Charles Silvester, another seaman, whose name is unknown, and! a fireman also unknown, and Jamev Stewart, Cußtoms officer, son of Captain J, Stewart, of Big Dredge. The eight men taken off the Island were—C, Gamble, H. Couzons, A. Watson, G, Godfrey, W. Dow, H, Lewis, and two lads named W. Cowan and W. Ralph, Couzens and Dow are Dunedin men, and Lewis was a fisherman at Port Chamberß. 10 The Hinemoa news has case quite a gloom over the place. No one ever dreamt that the Kakanui had made such a smart passage down. As to the statement that she was deep in the water, that can scarcely be correct, as she only had about 65 tons of coal on board, and about 2& I tons must have been cousumed on the trip down. She ought, therefore, to have been in the best possible trim. The news has greatly shocked Mrs* Best, who is in ill-health. The Kakanui is e Bmali wooden steamer of 47 tonsrregisterr r and for' many years has traded between Dunedin and Invercargill, carrying, timber and general produce. Captain Best has been in charge of her for about 12 years.

Jnvercargill, Feb, 4. le x Watson,, the only this quarter on board tho \ steamer Kakanui, Las his He was second mate of the afterwards mate of Mr Hatch's schooner A warua,* but joined the shore party in March last. The probability / of so many lives being sacrificed for | what proves an unfounded rumour 1 ; tbat the people on the Mncqunrriea- | were starving has caused a foarfi# sensation here. ' ' Dunkdik, Thursday. j The Kakanui wbb insnred in £ISOO in Home offices and £Boofor the Nalional. She wbb valued at > between £2500 and JEBOOO. The j second mateß name is Norden, not | Erickaon. He is married and has [ one child. Kessler is married, with <1 one child, and Morgan has five children, all very young. The ablo seaman'sjname is Ludwig not Lubeok. Silvester is single and has no relatives in this part ol the colony. A seaman was shipped at the last minute named Tone, whose christian name is unknown. He belongs to Dunedin, and is married with one child. A fireman was picked up at tho last " unknown,