FATE OF THE MANCHESTER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1912, Page 5

FATE OF THE MANCHESTER.

THE CHALLENGER RETURNS. (By Cable.—Press Association. --Copyright) .(Received 0.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. ! H.M".S. Challenger has returned from | i her unsuccessful search for the dredge i ; Al2-nchf-si.<r. j The Manchester is to-day out 32 cays ' .from Wellington, and nothing has been | J SfH'.n or heard of her flora the time she j (cleared the New Zealand coast, j J Report* by the .-learner Ihumata, ; pvhir-li reschp.l Sydney from the Ka.ipa.ra ! |l**t Wednesday, and b_\ the barqupntine ■ j Volador. nhirii arrived from t.:c Ka-i- j j para, arc no; of j vrassurinsr nature [ Koih vessf-1-, e\p.Tw-n.--ed terrible! wath-rr in '.hr Ta.iman S'-o. ;;nd the Volador v.a_- .■..■v.-vciy kro. ke,l about So, hud, indeed, >..,,.. I|, e _~,., that i. i- now. I fesm-.l m,.,- ilie Ju-djr-' >i;< = -'.i.r .loan ! i v: ' ; ' - ;l1 '■■>'■•!■- I j ; ;ipi..mj l;.-iiLon, (if ;h,- llium.ua, i Ui.-.\..n ,i:... hi. v.—.-] was r-ijrlil da>.- on 1 ! the i>--p from Kiii|«!-.i i<, >y..ini'.«. ' I-α- i '••i'" l!l ■•''.'■ ""I »<--iilie:- v. t- rvet with j ■■:' ''" ir:|i. It 1 *■-.!„ in How hird |»r<i ' from Ih.' mm. then ii . ii.. ( ,;;..,i rouml tj i j '.(••• -»iiilii-'-«!,t, mid liii.iljy pii.-fj up in' . a w!iol<" L r 3if from ihf- southward. ! j There <v.is a tremendous 'm running,. : and hi-. dor-- i:-,' -hin!> a vessel of the i ': .IreJ_;.- type .:o:.;<i i,.:vr. lived long in it. ' 'He knew the Manchester well, but, ali though lioahtfi.'l as to whether fhe could ' ; f.rill he afloat, be is disinclined to de-! i s3.m<> tr.i. k as the Manchester -would ; ' finitely .-.y -.hi: >'_p ha? frone down. I ITl;e Ili'irrnta stnamed along in much the; I "ake, nut saw nothing either of the res- ! I se! or o: any ■orßckaze. T.io ?i-a. ho*- ■ , pvr-r. wL :i"'i was abeam, ■.«• oci of the I ■ worjt he hid ever &een, and -'as bad I . >>uvu'.~.\ t« ~ .:::•: ar.v vessel like tie ' I drpjjjp. ' • ■Describing tie. -weather. Captain Ben- I ton rid.ld tiiai for two days it was itn- : possible to see more than ha! J" a. rr_U ; a-bead. it was .-<•> tuick. H? expia/ns that | Jw m;aLir ha.ye passed the d.-f-dgs v>-.tli.n ] I a mill-- a-iid seen nothing of her. His ! i own i,tpan:er, which carried iWO.OOOfr. of 1 •jmitcr. Ed jl terrible dusting in the j pale She lost dodo of heroargo i ►'xrrf-rae pr«v."utions «prr taken tooeciire i ::-. All '!■'■ dPi'K lr«rl was. heavily ' (.■hai:iei down, in.l the vessel would have; I had "<> l>ifo"e any of her cargo I ' "Mild have bf'-:n washed o'"erboard. ! ! The r,j.rn;iPci ins W.hdor occupied 21 ! I d.iys on '.he run arris* the Tasman .-ra. ; that -.7. TJirpp dnyi Ip->s than the Man j -h-.-K-r lid? l.f-.i out. She v-t.- badly liajidl>*il in :hc blow, imuiense ?f,i- <ra?.h- | 1 : .rur ahoai'd fer day* tosrerher. F'ortions ; if! lu-r bulwnrkf. were -'«» in. nnd -i 'ot I lof dn.ra.T2>' w.i.s. don' , a hour th" , d"rks. ' This -n.f.. ;-io. [~'.i i ye.l the tr.T-k •xh\-± '■i.'- «fred£frt v.*>.- ?nppo«ed to bp on. .'.it -a >" nothing of the Manchester. Ac.■ordui? ro the thar ?rortn ■"•a-.-f on? of the -ttorr-T •■\'pc.:enr-e> hat ha? ht-iallTi either VfsseJ whil?i in th"- >■<■■«• • Zealand trade. i Thp Union l:ner Moana. which arrived ! iai >ydnr-\ from '»Voll:r:<rton on Tuesday i afti»rnoou. ran into a s'ror.r; pale on • Sunday rnormap, and wallowed .-Vout in [ r>cr >fa.« 'liitil port was reached. Her , ! r-our=<\ ton, took her directly after i.he j .ManfhpfiPr. hi!', -ilrhon.<rh she sighip.f , . ( ! thrfe or four vws'lf, she fa-x nothing i of ; hi- dredjrr. 1 ; Predsef. are notor:ot- J? !y had seA boa.ts, i Tfsn -lne;r;>h in a h.r» Praway. At Vast i I two hircw .Iredtr''? than the Manchester! jhnvp irpen lost on ;.h° way to Ausr.raJia. ! I Tin ,, Mf-rp ih<- Otop-.is A.nd the 'A'alnis i hai'i of sv'iii-h disapppai'Pd either off the ] Soiiih \fr:<-aTi ~oa£T or befween Durban , d.v.d .\l*traJ"a. I I i