AROUND THE WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 4

AROUND THE WORLD.

GOSSIP OF THE PORTS. THE WRECKS OF A CENTURY. INCIDENTS IN 1905. (By LEE FORE BRACE.) Yacht Shamrock. —Sailed from Jvawau, Hauraki Gulf, for Auckland, on December 28, 190-1, and never kccu again. Portions of her wreckage were found near Tiritiri Moana on January 10, 1905. She carried a crew of three, who were lost. Yacht Te Aroaha. —Foundered in a gale oft" Pencarrow Heads, Wellington Harbour, on January 2. All hands (three) were drowned. S.s. Nanibucca. —When bound from Blenheim to Wellington struck on the Sinclair Rocks on January 10. Vessel and cargo a total loss; all hands saved. Barque Acacia. —Sailed from Port Eeperaiice, Australia, for Wellington, on June 5, 1904. On March 15, 1905, her battered wreck was discovered on the beacli lit Mainwnring Inlet, but her crew were never heard of again. S.s. Waimate. —When on a voyage from Wellington to London, lire broke out in her cargo on January 28. The flames were extinguished by her crew after a portion of her cargo had been jettisoned. Scow Rona.—When bound from Wellington to I'orangahaii, ran ashore on the East Coast, near Akitio, on March 2. Crew saved, but vessel became a total wreck. Schooner Tainareo. — When on a voyage from the Society Islands to Auckland ran ashore on an unnamed island 200 miles from Tahiti on February 20. Her master and four of the crew were blown out to sea in a lifeboat, and despite a fortnight's search being made by two steamers, they were never found. The schooner became a. total loss. S.s. Warriiiioo.—When on a voyage from Melbourne to New Zealand, (ire broke out on March 8. After a strenuous fight the crew managed to subdue the flames, but a considerable portion of the cargo had to be jettisoned. The vessel returned to Melbourne, where the cargo was discharged. No injury was sustained to the hull. Schooners Teaviou, Eclaire, and Bonarewa. —Lost in the hurricane which devastated the Cook Islands on March 25. Twenty-three members of the crews of the vessels were drowned. Fine Seamanship. Ketch Bellflower.—When bound from Mercury Bay to Sydney, lost her rudder in a gale when some 200 miles off Australia. She was sighted in an unmanageable condition by the s.s. Victoria, which vessel offered to tow her into port. Assistance was refused by the master of the Bellflower, and by rigging up an ingenious jury-rudder the ketch was navigated into Sydney Harbour, arriving on May 18. Considerable praise was given the master of the Bellflowor for the splendid seamanship displayed in saving his vessel. Barquontino Neptune.—Ran ashore on the North Spit, Kaipnra Harbour, on May 14. A buoy which had been anchored in the channel as a guide to ships making the harbour had been removed without notice being given and thin was the direct cause of the disaster. The crew escaped in the boats, and on the following day the rollers smashed the vessel to pieces. The master of the Neptune, Captain Clifl'o. received somewhat severe injuries by being crushed between the ship and the lifeboat, when leaving the wreck.

On Disappointment Island. Barque Anjou. —Wrecked at Cape Bristow, Auckland Islands, on February 5. This vessel left Sydney for Fahnouth on January 22, and -vixen approaching the New Zealand thick weather and fogs were encountered, which caused the vessel to get off her course. The crew all managed to make a safe landing on Disappointment Island, and for ten days lived on pengin and seal llesh. A fortnight later they discovered the castaways' depot at Port Ross, which contained an abundance of food, tobacco and clothing. The castaways were picked up by Captain Bollons in tiie Government steamer Hinemoa on May 14. The Anjou was a French vessel, and wae the ninth to be wrecked at the Auckland islands. Ship Mary L. Cushing.—Arrived at Auckland in distress on May 16. She was bound from Newcastle to San Francisco, and sprung a bad leak a few days out from the Australian port. The vessel wan surveyed, cargo discharged, and repaired at Auckland. Barqucntine Klverland.—Stranded on the Lighthouse Bank, at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour on May 20. She was loaded with steel rails for the Kaipara railway, and when the tide ebbed the vessel was severely strained. The Klverland was floated off successfully, and afterwards came on to Auckland, where she was repaired. Barque Emerald.—When entering Kaipara Harbour on June 15, she stranded on the North Spit, and became a total wreck. All hands were saved. Barque Quathlamba. —When on a passage from Auckland to Kaipara, was dismasted off the North Capo. Temporary repairs were made, and the barque returned without assistance to Auckland, arriving safely on June 27, five days after the accident happened. The Last of the Salamis. Barques Salamie and Victor. —Both three vessels were loading guano at Maiden Island for Auckland, and were driven ashore on May 20. The Salamis was ithen under the Norwegian flag, but was better known as the famous clipper of the Aberdeen White Star Line. The Salamis was an exact replica of the famous Thermopylae of the .same line, having been built on the same stocks, by the same builder, Hood, of -Aberdeen, as her more illustrious sister. Iron, instead of composite construction, was used in her hull, and her many wonderful passages made in the Australian wool trade, caused Lubbock, the great authority on sailing fihips, to declare that she was the fastest iron vessel ever built. Both the Salamis and the Victor were smashed to pieces, but both crews escaped in safety. S.r. Whangape.—Collided with the e.s. South Australia when entering Sydney Harbour on July 5. The Whangapc was- completing a passage from Picton vhen the accident happened. Both steamers received damage to their hulls, but no one was injured. Schooner Ururoa.—Sailed from Tnrua on August 10 for Sydney. Encountered hurricane in the Tasinan Sea on September 4. Her decks were swept, 40,000 ft of timber being lost, bulwarks smashed, water tanks swept overboard, and the vessel somewhat gutted. By good seamanship she was brought into port, arriving at Sydney on September 5. S.s. Rose Casey.—Owing to a breakdown in her engines when crossing Riverton Bar, Southland, on September 19, she stranded, and a few hours later was swept over the bar, Her bilges were stovc-in, and she became a total wreck. No lives were lost.