THE STORM IN THE NORTH.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12014, 15 October 1904, Page 8

THE STORM IN THE NORTH.

- ■ — * WRECK OF THE ADDENDA. FATE* OF THE LA BELLA. ' TIFCAVY RAINS AND FLOOD*. (rBBBS ASSOCIATION TELIGRAU3.) WELLINGTON, October 14. The //ortmaster at Martinborough telegraphed to tho Secretary of the Department that it it reported by telephone from Pirinoa that a four-nin.sted ship is nshore at Pal User Bay, near Lake Ferry. Efforts' are being made to launch- a bait "by th«> residents, but, owing to tho rough tea, so far it i:i iiiipracticablc. • The men can be seen on the dock of the vessel. LATER PARTICULARS. The vessel ashore at Pnlliscr Buy i.> tlio b.irqno Addenda, which left. Lytt.Koti for Wellington yesterday.' Ihc .Marine I)e])iirt.nicnt iinds it will be u*ek** tn«nd n, .steamer to tho spot, a.s a tremendous ie;c in running in the bay. Captain tinuth, the shipping ma.ster at this port, left lor MartinWough by the afternoon train, to assist in-rescue operations. There are no further particular* available regarding the wreck of the Ad<ien<ia, with tho exception of a brief telegram stating thi't t)n» captain and nine seamen have reached I'onui station. Tlie whip is high and dry. Considerable sensation was caused at- | Lvrtelton yerterday afternoon when it • "became known that the American fourmasted barqu«nline Addenda, which wjleJ at- 11.30 ii-ni. on Thumlay, in ballast for '■Newcastle, was wrecked in PalU-nr Ray Tiw keenest anxiety was esprestt-di regarding those on board, and in tho absence of definite- information, rumours were abroad that the ship's company wvre. in very grave . danger, and even, that all hands were lost. The Addenda was a wooden four-masted baruuentine—a rig much in voi;ue on the Paciiio coast of the United State*, hhe ...- was "of 692 tons gross and 637 tons net register, her dimensions being as follows: —Length 176.3 ft, beam 39.8 ft, depth of hold 14ft. The Addenda* which whs a very' smart looking craft, was built in 1895 . at North Bend, Oregon, by the Simpson Lumber Company, of 14 Spear street, San . Francisco, who aro also the owners of ■ the vessel. The Simpson Lumber Company liae a large number , of mills in various parts of Oregon and California, and owns a large fleet of 21 vessels, all about the.tamo size, build and rig of the Addenda. Tho latter vessel was commanded by Captain H. F. Astrup. Owing to the handy nature of tho rig of vessels ' such as'this one, very few meji are required to-work them. The Addenda, carried ten men all told, the complete list of the ship's company-being as follows:—Captain, H. F. Astrup; chief officer, Mr S. M. ■'. Petersen; second mate, Mr Lundino; - A.B/s, F. A. Jaidinen, A. G. A.nd?.rc.on. ' E. England. C. Malm, CSustnf Svensson, -, and Karl Larsen; cook, M. Britton. . Tha Addenda sailed from Coos Bay, ' Oregon,'on.; July Ist, with a. large cargo ;- t i consisting of about 800,000 feet of Oregon '. pine, consigned to Messrs Geo. G. Stead and Co., of Ciiristchurch. As is usual ' with vei**'ls of her clause in the United States, she carried a big deck load, the - v timber being stowed' to a height ,of eleven feet above the decks, where it was inado > fast jtrith heavy chain lashings. The Addenda made a quick run down through thoMslands, but her first experi- " ence of New Zealand-was not a happy one, ■■'. for: she met with very heavy weather in the vicinity of East Cape, where she was ;\ delayed for nearly three'weeks. Tho vesecl reached Lyttelton after a rongh passago of 65 days on Monday, September sth. She -was berthed at the outer end of the Gladstone pier, -where "the whole of her cargo was discharged, in twenty days. The , Vessel was under charter to load coal. at £ Newcastle (or Honolulu/ or ono of the Cali- ' forniau coast ports. She took in fifty tons ■." of ballast here , for the passage to Newcastle, wliich would seem to be a email ' quantity, for ■«v ' vessel of her size, but which'on account of her build was quite ,■ sufficient for the purpose. The Addenda was towed out from the sVwharf at .11.30 a.m. on -Thursday by the tug.Lyttelton, .which-cast her off at Camp . " Bay. Slie. went. straight to «ea. with a / :'etrong southerly breeze, and quickly left .j Lvttelton Heads behind, and it was expectta that' she would nuike a good passage ecfoee to Newcastle.. • ■ ■'• -~ The news: of the wreck caused a rude ishoek in Lyttelton. r So far no particulars ~ ■' of the disaster have'been received, but the t opinion 'expressed by several seafaring people in Lyttelton, who are well acquaint--■/ed with the conditions usuully prevailing in the vicinity of Cook Straits, is that .'.-.:■'•■ Captain Astrup was probably too far off :■-. "the.'coast to pick up th* light at Capo .-'VCumpbell, or-that the weather was too thick for it to be sighted. The Addenda •was in light trim, but was drawing 10ft ■•'. 2in, of water. There is at all times a . Htrong ,] current running through Cook '. • Straits to ~ the eastward, with the. heavy fiouth-south-west gale blowing, •'' would set the vessel in toward Palliser Bay, while the thick weather would render it difficult'to'make out the land clearly. .The. present was Captain Astrup's first , visit to New Zealand, and ho was nlmost entirely unacquainted with the const. Be- : fore leaving" Lyfctelron he stuted that he wae not going to run any risks, and 7iot knowing the land he would give it a fairly wide berth., Hβ also stated that he would not rest or sleep until he was well clear of Cook Straits, and of the New Zealand coast : Captain Astrup is about 33 years of age, and unmarried, and ho is an t experienced and careful navigator. He had had command of tho Addenda- for about four years, and only last year 1* made, a . voyage round the world with her, going . with a cargo,-of timber from Oregon out to Capetown and hack. ]t is understood that the vrtsel was mi- " insured, ' Palliwr "Bay, where the vosm-1 is wrecked, is a wide open bight about 18 . miles across at the mouth, and is fully exposed to the !=<>uth;ily winds and seas, while there are always strong 'currents sotting across it. Tliero is deep water in the bay, although the land shoals for a. good distance out from tho beach, p.opeciallr .it tho. place where tins Addenda ha* gone ashore, r.breast of Lake Ferry, on the northward side. The beach is mostly all sand and shingle. There is a> large sheep 'station at the head of the bight-, and this is evidently the place where Captain-As-trup and ins officers and men have landed. Pafliscr l):iy j» a vt-rj- dangerous place for sailing ves»el» in a southerly. Only n. little over a year ago the barque Ik-n Avon was "wrecked at .Capo PalliseC, and before that the ketch Emerald and n number of other vessels were rent ashore and broken up. The gale which has raged here since Wednesday ■ morning is now abating, , though ram is still falling .ifc intervals, and tho wind is blowing strongly. Shipping, (after being wt a, Ktandstili for a eoupk of Is lwginning to got into motion again. This evening the Moeraki, the Rotomahana, and the Weatralia got away for Lyttelton, and tho Mararoa for Auckland. Three warship reached port to day—th<! Clio from Atickbuid, the Taurancra from Lyttelton, and the Peyclie fn>m Chatham Islands. Tho Clio had a very rough experience, and had difficulty in making the Heads. Hir «ails were blown to ■ribbon. , ', and her stern boat was washed a Way. The Westralia was al.'so stverely knocked about, in running from Cape Paj\mt to Penenrrow, o«ing to the heavy t«* in the. Straits. The Rotoiti, whicli left New Plymouth a? midday on Tuesday, ha« been weather-bound* at Picton. j Shw made,an. attempt to cross over today*, but n»d to put back. Traffic' W being gradually resumed on ■'- the railwaySi On the Manawatu lime the pn«iengers change trains at the Pukerua washout. .On the. Ooverument lines live damage Meal , Nghauranga is being re-. Lite' L La Bella» which went ashore at Inland-' Bayi: is, still inthe sum» .position. Her mizsai aiaat shows' signs of coming ' ■ .»*• :■'..:-.■■

down, and heavy seas are breaking over the vessel to-day. * CARTERTON, October 14. The pal« has suk«inVd here. Tho country is motv or lws flooded, but no damage •."rcpurfcd. WAIRpAj October * 14 . There has been heavy wind and ram since Wednesday. The river is m flood. WAIPAWA, October 14. It hae been raining continuously rinro yesterday, with no sipn of cleanup. Tlio rivers aic high, and rising, and ;i Hood is fcam, ' WAN.GANUI, October 14. Th>! weather is now clearing np. nurserymen have lost several hundred pounds throiiiih the damage to young fruit tree.-., and right- through the district the storm has severely injured the gardens and orcluird«.