BARQUE IN DISTRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 150, 30 June 1897, Page 5

BARQUE IN DISTRESS.

i-g KATE TATHAM PUTS INTO P* I.ORT.

PARTIALLY DISMASTED.

I h .rfluo Kate Katham, bound from P Ito Napier, pub into port this C&i jo a disabled condition, two of |ft6rooon __.ta being carried away. WW-ffßtioa, the master of the Kate CapUin _-D6r-s that tho vessel sailed I»^' caitlo on tho 3rd inst., and mot froi° "* ea . fc nn d south-east winds up *'"'_ l2bb when the wind began to to t'lo .A a K ale from bhe south|K!l,on it, four p.m. it was blow- && * beaV y gale, still increasing U it! and terrible cross sea. At 11 p.m. " i HiVbt, » particularly heavy squall »»'T' vessel. She was carrying a !tr. .1 mainsail, and tho foresail was ju.b • hauled up when the squall struck 181118 The rising parted, and the mainhor' t and" topgallant-masfc, together '*Ss_fl mizzon-topmasb broke off, and !i left banging by the gear <f_« .hip was k°ve rou"(J > übua 80V!I!ff . "ajoraa-t, which must havo given way Z tha strain, and as much as possible 'aha wreckage was cub away. The wind incroa-ed to almost hurricane - aud huge soas Rwepb over iSwgwl from stem to stern, the decks J aff asb op to the rail.. At 2 a.m. day while the barque was under the n lower topsails, forstopsail and forotopJt staysail, a sudden squall blow every nil to ribbons. . The vessel was now in a critical position. .ho lav in the treugb of the sea without a titch of canvas, the eeaa breaking ovor hor tiaually. Sail was made on tho vessel !«°_gon aB possible, a fresh staysail and tho JL|,d main3ail being set, and tho barquo vto till Monday morning, when tho Sitter began bo moderate. Early that morning about one o clock the trind without any warning suddenly veered Lad to tbe west, and a heavy squall truck the barque, bub fortunately did no Lmasre- In the evening tho wind freshened nn ncain. starting from tho east, nnd !fc into S.E. and S.S.W. The de continued until Wednesday morntag and did soma damage. A sea breaking on board smashed open tho j|| 8 y floors, and broke the etovo and most of, the cooking utensils, and simply Reared tho docks of everything movable. ltd weather did nob moderate until Friday- ISbh instanb. In the morning all A.Bilabh_ .oil was seb, and ainca thon light o i,n(l E, winds were experienced until the 22nd, when the windhauiod into bhe north. Its Three Kings were sighted on the 25th.