LOSS OF KETCH LIZETTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 7

LOSS OF KETCH LIZETTE.

ON THE ROCKS AT WAIHEKE. ENGINES AND UEAR REMOVED. I Reports from Wniheko slate that the ■ ketch Li/ette i'.iO tons), belonging to J. •I. Craig. Ltd.. is h tolnl wreck on the pliore lit tlic eastern -ide of tin- inland. i'l'liis little vessel anchored near the bench lin Hook's Bay on Thursday to load a cargo of shingle. 'Dip wind increased fnim thp east cry, nnd it blew with all its for.-o on the ketch and on Friday morning an attempt wilt* made t° get out to -ea. The Lizette mis-stayed hi larking against thr> gale, and was driw-n back on t<> tin- bench, where she struck Uip rocks. She was buffeted and tossed by tiie wind and sea during the day and throughout I the night, with ihe result thai a hi« ■ hole was rent in her timber*, and when I the gale abated she lay practically dry at low 1 if!c. A hoist thai was fixed on the deck wns Wrought ashore on Saturday, and toj day the master. Captain .(. Regan, and the two members of the Ciew were en- , paged in removing the larger engine, and! also in salvaging the sails kiwi other; | gear that might 'he useful. 1 The Collector <if Customs will receive| I the reports from the owners and the , captain, and will then decide what will I ! lie done with the ketch. She i> oon-j sidcred to be a total loss.