H.M.S. Ringarooma.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 48367, 28 September 1894, Page 3

H.M.S. Ringarooma.

f Particulars of the Accident ~ ' i'/ci'trie Telegraph'— Copyright,) (Received Sept. 20, 11.25 a.m.) , Sydney, September 28. a Particulars of the accident to the

are now to hand. The men appear to have behaved splendidly, the watertight doors being all ,closed and the collision mat fixed in jfin incredibly short space of time and in perfect silence. During the first three or four days, while the spring tides were flowing, the ship bumped heavily and bad she not been strongly built must have become something very near a complete j wreck, Constant attention to tlio I cables, hawsers, and anchors laid oat, day and night, greatly relieved \_the- strain on the ship, and coupled with the iron shoes which the crew built under the forepart, not only prevented the vessel movi ing further up the reef, but helped I her off at high wntor, This was undoubtedly; the reason she was saved. At every tide hawsers and -tables were hove taut, Afterseveral •lisuccessful attempts were made to low the ship off, it was found that owing to the strain of tho cables she was gradually wriggling off tho reef. At noon on September 12th she had slipped aft ,13ft, and tho same afternoon, by the continual heaving of the cables, sho got free, and was able to steam to Port Sandwich. Thero is no doubt the safety of the steamer/was entirely due to the unwearied exertionsof all hands, which - were kept up night and day for 13 without relaxation, and to the fact that by continual rolling the ship had'worn for herself a bed in the coral reef.