Supposed to be Lost.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 149, 25 June 1889, Page 8

Supposed to be Lost.

HER!WHALEBOAT FOUND.

r BOAT FULLY PROVISIONED

LIFE BELTS f<GN THE BEACH,

BEACHES TO BE SEARCHED.

News of a most startling character respecting H.M.S. Dart was received by wire from Wellington this afternoon. It wiil be remembered thal the Dart left Auckland for Sydney on June 2nd, and on the following daY returned to port. It appeared that the weather being so rough ovttside, the new rigging of the vessel became quite slack through the great strain put upon».it, jj and Captain Frederick thought it .advisable to re. turn and-get it reset rather than run the risk oflosing any ofihis:spars at sea. The Dart left again on the 6th, and since then no further news ) of her has been received. There is; now reason to fear that some mishap has befallen her, as it will be seem from the appended telegrams that. her boat, fully provisioned, has been'iound in a bay near Mongonui, and tbat life belts marked with the broadwrow have also been found along the coast?: —

(BY telegraph—press association.)

Wellington, 2.35 p.m.

The Government have received a message from Mongonui stating that a whale boat has been found in Tom Bowling Bay, near the North Cape, containing carpenters' tools, a lifebuoy, and provisions.

The boat bears the;name of H.M.s. Dart, and it is feared some accident may have happened to tbe vessel during the recent rough weather.

(by telegraph—own reporter.)

Wellington, 2.35 p.m.

The Premier has received a telegram from Mongonui to-day to the effect that a boat has been found in Tom Bowling Bay, west of the North Cape, bearing the name H.M.s. Dart.

She is fully provisioned, and with a mast, carpenters' tools, and lifebelts on. board. Further down the coast were other life belts marked with the broad arrow-

The Government have given instructions that all the beaches in the neighbourhood are to be thoroughly searched.