THE STRANIIG OF THE ANAZI. (From the D S CROSS

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 283, 5 March 1874, Page 2

THE STRANIIG OF THE ANAZI. (Fr om the D S CROSS

An -:e relinquish ne nok on Monday everything wnsmade Biiu» for the night ; Ca)tam Burgess remained on board ; al*o M> E Cooinhes. ani several lumpers. At four o'clock yesterday morning thecrevr commenced to heave on both anchor*, and by six o'ror-k succeeded in gptting tlie vc ■'•1. partially «wnn<r mund. At seven o'clock h»r bond was into the sea. A (to ;routd swell and moderate NE. winds winds were ci. ..atoi'd. Tuoy then Mere enabled to haul her afloat until her nchora were hove at short as it wm deemed advisable. Ttiiile attempting to get the strain and warp out ahead the hip again took the ground at nine o'clock, the tide beingchen nearly hnlf ebb. Hnd any small steamer or even a gool 9iaed bo it been avaPablo the vessel could have been haiied off. As it was, the tide receding she was left aground. Signals were made to Auckland for the Golden Crown, nseording to a preconcerted plan, and the steamer at once let the harbour and arrived off the bay, at 10 o'clock, but too ,ite on the tide to do anything with the vcsel. She was, however, employed in taking ahead the port bower anchor, Wjieh was again let go with 60 fathoms of übain out. The sta board anchor was also taken out with .30 fathoms. At thre o'clock the crew of the Anazi commenced to heave, and,he steamer to haul on the hawser. At four o'clock the ohip was .-iflo.it, amidst the ringing rheors of the crew, who ha<J been working incessantly since Saturday night) and to whim much credit is due for the cheerful manner in which thqp obeyed orders. The anchors were then hove up, and tht Anazi came up harbour in tow of the G-olden Crown, and aichorcd in the powder ground at about 7 p.m. Captain CUyton, acting for the New Zealand Insurance Company, accompanied the steamer yesterday, and rendered assistance. The vetsol was found to be quite tight, and making n» water. A portion of her false keel, however, has been knocked off, and was washed ashore. It measures about 11 feet, and comes from the stern part of the vessel, one end showing where it has been morticed on tp the bternjMJbt ; at Ue other end it is broken off from the remain Jor of the false keel, and a portion of the copper is ■ti ipped off. A sumy of the vesiel will be held a» «oon as practicable. The successful floating of the Anazi reflects considerable credit on all concerned in the operation, and had the hawser of the Anazi tent out to the Crown for towing the barque Wen of proper strength, the barque would huvo been got off on Monday morning. The crew of the Anuzi, however, warned those on board the Crown that it was no good, and their prediction proved correct, for it parted at the firbt atram, thereby delaj ing the proceedings. There wait a considerable sea on, with the probability of the weather getting worse. Doubts existed *liet,lie. , in lightening the vessel by throning cargo overboard or by discharging it on the beach at a considerable ei ponse mid rihk, she would, on becoming lighter, he mor« easily driven furthqr on to the beach. It was after Lon«ider&t ion judiciuxidly determined to throw overboard only some 15 tons oi salt w lighten the vessel a little aft, and the result h s proved that the juljinont exercised in regard to fiis wis sound. Captains Hurge*n and Fnrquhar de«erve (special u 'iiiion for the great caro and judgment displayed b them 'nidcr trji i<» circumstances, and a. dptern iMtion »n do nil that skill and jirlgment could to o> ci flit t..e Annii becoming a wreck. In fact ihero has bi'en cordial unanimity ; all Imve worked m hacnony > all h.ive felt that they must dp thpirbesf. and their exert'on* arc rewarded by success. It may be mentioned that Capt B«rf»opH ■»«» ft tuning übuut the whole ol Satuidny night in search rtf the voiiel signalled, returning home afttr a I fruitless search at *a m. on Sund-iy. Shortly after n ion I he va- informed of tlie vessel's stiunduij/, and »i once proCt eded along the coast on horseback in teuri'h of her. Alter discovering liur position mid wudmg an boird, ho giro such directions- as he considered neoese.'iry, and hasttned to tovn to procure the assi-tinice lof u steamer. Soao delay wus occHsioned in seeding | out the ramdenueH of the parties interested, and pro- ( curing Lhoir cjnsont to engage tiie Goifieu Crown. Ho | time was lout in coalng, engaging extra hand <, and procuring I spare ha.veers. by which the Cro>m wa« at the scono before | daylig)iton Monday norning. Captain Burgess had there- ! fire no veal agiiiu daring Sunday night, und liii tio.e on I board the barque on Monday night must hare been one of j anxiety after a long luy'b uuceaki/ig nork. Ihe chief pilot, t neretore, deserves esjecial credit for the tucoeuful iMueof liia unceasing and piin^taking endeavour*. Tho (Golden Crown, in tho bunds <f Captain Farqulur, proved of invaluable service. Herpowirful ontiines have shewn their strength | and nil connected witk her — manager, captain, and men — acted with promptihuband energy. It inuitnlso be noticed I hnt the principle adooted by the Chairman of the Steam Packet Company, in stipulating for a fixed and moderate bum for pervice^ to be -eiidcred, prevents nil dispute* as to payment ; and while a fair sum is obtained lor tho work done, it avoidi that t»o common practice, when one vesiel i ssists another, of dorrondin'r exorbitant amounts as salvage. We shall be glad if this good example forms a precedent, and will be inutnled n future, though we hope the occasion! for its exercise will be few and far between.