THE WRECK OF THE ADDENDA.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12015, 17 October 1904, Page 10

THE WRECK OF THE ADDENDA.

» ■ - ' CHANCE OF REFLOATING. Wlien the nows became known At Lytttilton on Saturday that Captain Astrup, of the American barquentme Addenda, together with his officers and crew, hadlanded safely at Palliser Bay, a feeling of relief prevailed. The keenest eympathy id felt. for Captain Astrup in; hie misforluite, ahd the hope was expressed by many that there might be a possibility of getting the Addenda, off the-beach again. A telegram received on Friday stated that the vessel was high and dry on tho beach, and tliia lent colour to tho'suggestion, that it might be possible to refloat the vessel. In the absence , of any definite information, an to tho position of tho vessel on the shore, artd aa to the condition of her hull, it w impossible to speak with any aeeuranoe «m the matter. The opinion a« expreesed by several seafaring people who are well acquainted with PaJlieer Bay and tho nature of the bottom there, holds out-little or-rio hope of the-vessel being got off. Palliwr Bay is a wide, open place, expoeed| to the full force of southerly winds and seas, *nd it ie feared that the Addenda, will suffer the same fate as befel the American chip Zulieka, wbioii was wrecked a. few miles from the spot where tho barquentine is ashore, witl* the low of twelve of her crew, during a gtva* gale in April, 1897. The barque Ben Avon was also stranded near the same place in November last, and oecauie a total loss. Cape Palliser has. often been! mistaken in thick weather for Wellington Heads. _ ■ Tire only news received in Wellington up till 'lato on Saturday, afternoon, concerning the stranding of the American barquentine Addenda in Pellieer Bay was that Captain Astrup «nd crew; with the exception of the cook (named Bntton), who disappeared soon after a safe . landing had been effected, are now camped at Pcnui, about raven miles inland, find, will probably come overland to Wellington an soon as the rivers are fnrdable. The vessel is Hying on tho sand, but is «o far up on the bench that it will be a difficult matter to re-float her. It is 'believ«d she is strained considerably. Captain Smith, Shipping Master at Wellington, and Mr iJaniep Moore, the Seamen's Missioned, left Wellington overland for Pallfcer Bay, on Friday afternoon No-fewer than 15 vessels, according to the "Wellington Post," have gone flishore in Palliser Bay and vicinity since 1854, and with few exceptions all of them have become total wrecks. The most serious wreck was that «£ the , ship St. Vincent on 14th February, 1869, the captain and nineteen oi the crew being drowned.