THE S.S. GO AHEAD.
The following telegram was received this morning by the New Zealand Insurance Company
Gisborxe, this day.
The Captain has given notice of abandonment which I declined to accept. Last night's tide she went out nearly to bar. Water at half tid iup to deck. Lying quite half across Channel, stern lowest. Surf still heavy, but no wind. High water, s ja breaking over her. —W. Ad AIR. It is evident from this, that there is little prospect of the vessel being got afloat again, unless the weather remains quite calm. She has apparently slipped from her first position, and drifted close up to the bar.
We are informed that there is no truth whatever in the statement made by the "Herald" this morning to the effect that Captain Cooper was in charge at the time of the accident, the pilot having refused to take the vessel out in the rou^li weather. A telegram from Gisborne received this morning says that the pilot was in charge. Captain Clayton, the Marine Surveyor for the New Zealand Insurance Co., and Mr Gouk, ship-builder, with a party of workmen with the necessary appliances for securing and raising the wreck, are waiting to go down to Gisborne by the Pretty Jane.
This afternoon a joint telegram was sent to Captain Cooper infracting him to do the best he can for all the parties concerned.
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Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2236, 5 May 1877, Page 2
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