ASHORE NEAR WELLINGTON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1897, Page 7

ASHORE NEAR WELLINGTON.

TH B TESSELNOT DAMAGED.

_ _m H r Ruapehu, bound from The to Wellington, went London. «» , flWßll g p it., seven miles weob whore? 01 j ßnU ary Ist. °-thel _ .'oeha had 77 saloon and 143 &> R Sneers, 1,247 bona cargo steerage P» sblpaie ntß) for Wellington, (including "3 J nd i 5 {or Auckland. 789 for fee - °cc rt was in command. SinguCap»aia o Ruapehu Borne years ago, j sr to say. _o{ Q a p fca i n Greenabreeb, in wbe? f m London touched on Farewell comin _ .Liaised no damage. SP if'bf 'JjrsCorinna, Hesketh, Wainui. Tb u 9Bte? a lune, Omaporeand Waverley ysffhara, despatched to render as*ere pr-?Sn^ the Ruapehu off. *»»" pLand Bendall boarded the CBpi? and after consultation decided Ba_ P »hlB tbe passengers. They were to ° ths Mawhera, and then tranPl- Md -i2 ha Oorinna. The Talune senb Bb,E P Jr .board the big steamer and a. K»f "« ofL Ab firab thore wa3 jt B- V bub eventually the Ruapehu ;•_-? «d proceeded to Wellington, arrived shortly after 9 p.m. on thThi bWbu had an unusually rough _ HeW Rale 9 were me 6WI a !_-*___ in tbo Bay of Biscay she shipped Bka. 1 frwlv Here the Athenian, from the ?Saffered severely, and loot three men ° ._Trd Before reaching tho Cape the L fell In with the heaviest south- *"__£_ experienced for. years, and had ._ .hassme weather for some time after Eh i™ 47dfl* -»■•*- •he meb • 3erof largo icebergs, and experienced very cold weather wibh rain. The only good weather was bebween Hobarb and FTi'erS average of ten per cent, has bean struck on the Ruapehu . cargo.