WRECK OF THE SCHOONER KATE McGREGOR, AT WAIKATO HEADS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 773, 31 May 1877, Page 3

WRECK OF THE SCHOONER KATE McGREGOR, AT WAIKATO HEADS.

Tins vessel, consigned t>-sfe JR. Lamb, ■ of AUIIp, went on shore ■early on tho mouth of the., liver. The'foil wing is from the iriWer Of the ; vtsse-: - - _■■ ■ •'S'-iry to infomi you,-6f,lhe loss of the Kate McGregor thisrmorning inside tbo bar. Git in oil light with lhe wind west, when ifc fell-calm,'and:we drif ed -".on tlie bunk." " From iho foreßoinjr, it -wfll be seen- that ler pt sit ion is not so bad us it might have been, had she gone ashot&cn the outside of the bar, for the gale now rpging w< uld assuredly have ongulphed her,- oni most probably •those-on beard. Under-.the impression 'that she may be recovered, or a large portion of the cur go saved, the local in- > snrance companies have chartered the p.s. Bliier.ose, and, on Tuesday afternoon Mr J.'K.McDonald received* telegram to send down tlie-Blueuose to her atsist- «• ance. The Bluenose : was at : Cambridge, • and passed down through Hamilton in, c the course of Tuesday night. The vessel 'is the property of Messrs D. H. McKeazie, Kenneth .McGregor, and ißigelow, and is insured in the New«Zea-< land Co. for £IOOO, and the cargo in the -South Britub Co. for £8 0, or within £8 of its valne. The cargo consists of 2<i54. bushels wheat,-1039 bushels oats, 2 tons - oatmeal,! ton'flour, and..£ tons potatoes, Dad was. consigned to Mr Robert Jjamb, Mills. The four bands, bostfU were all saved.