VESSELS IN TROUBLE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 6

VESSELS IN TROUBLE.

, ; SIGNALS; OF DISTRESS.Y V,. 'ill Tessfelsilliat'arrived' in .Wellington: ycß-.; terday reported haying encountered more or less boisterous weather.on the .voyage to Wellington, particularly -in.Cook Strait. Yesterday ; afternoon .the-: Waikare,.' on : .arrival.j from Lytteltbn,- reported that; she had passed a , Bteanicr' snpwingytho signal:- : :" Not under j control." Iβ : the disabled yessel,; which was reported to ; be' the '■ Pukaki : (on route ; from: Lyttoltbn'. to Wellington) required, no assist-! anee, ; the on\to port.,. ,;;- :■ -''The :: following , Press- Association : telegram' | received from , Ohristehurch. yesterday says :— It is reported .'that a largesteainer,: the namp ; •of'Avhich-ai prese'nt: is unknown,-is. ashore, of broken', down off the;-mouth of the Hurunui .B-iyer';." , Immediately."on"her?arrival from .WolUrigton''ilus: morning, i-the..Union;Com-'pany's Mararoa'was sbut up ;the coast- to;, :render-assistance.' vThere' were ; no : ;details Available ! ,af ; 5.30p.m'. ; .;. :, ; ;' ! :: : ::■ '-yj ''.About the same time,:(s.3o p:m;),; the .Telegraph iDepartmen-t: received.-; the :.' following. messago ; from Port:Robinson:— , ?.The relief.| •steamer''-leftthe'disabled ojie,;'wliich resumed Hcr^';oourse''-:iio'rth',!?--; > -.Tlii9'{.meesagiß, ih: ; yiew, of what was, learned■:fromi':th9.Waikare.-{ 'about the Pukaki, conveyed the idea'thafethe.! flatter vessel had: been- repaired' and, resumed her voyage te. Wellington/ ; ;:.-"'.'■:■'' •■ •.---■'.;' ; ■;: From'LyttiJlton Heads telephonic ,commu-; . nication': received' reports that, at .7.20 p..'m'.',' ' the ■Eirii : iri'.tow, was entering. .Godley : Heads.: iThe: Kirii- was; ,bound '|rom'. the. .West": Coast.', to Lytteltbn;. 'having alsO"bn ; board'part cargo for Welling-.. ton., ■ There has; probably/ been ■ a mistake in the .''identificat-ipn , of -the';,steamers; v br' else; both'the Kiiii and P.ukaki'were disabled.V At; ■half-past'. 11 ; last' night;.thero': was no, sigh of;.the; l'ukaki,. whickvleft-. Lytteltott' at~9.30. ■p.m. v on I Saturday. , ;:, ■' ; ■•',■•-,■ {yi _ /.'.;':.:,_: - .>V : - ■:, About'• npb'n :yeEterdayr; : the . .Chnstchurcli Telegraph Ofßce V wired, as; follows:—Domett, advises: that a4large:"rbfl-furirier steamer:has 'been, lyiiig'b'ff tKe'moutli;6f,the Hiirunui River ; about .three miles 'south, towards Lytteltori;.: She is ; bbws)bri ; ;to;Welltngtoii,,but.unable to; give name:or,other particula-rs.y.She; is,eyi-: deutly in,.tro'ublo, ; as.elieis'v firing, guns..;';.;-. ;#:;:^^--;;yESSELs r SHELTERikc^S-?t^ : .:v; ■".Captain Stewart^'of.the Pfiteena,■ from Nel4v| soil : and"JPicioh,.reported .yesterday-that he-i had. seen ''the. .steamer Storm' and ■ a_- white-! ;painted' "topsail 'schooner;.' sheltering' under,j Manaroa,, which was■-, :'se6n in Cabbageißay; Queen OharlotteSound,- 1 'has since "arrived?in' Wellington. V.The.Woot;tori, :Dbfondor;fßlenheim; and Rob. Rov■ had t ; rutf info iPiotori, andthe;Cornwall,:whicn:left Picton pri Saturday night,, had put Jback .to 1 that , port. ■ ; '-';A .steamer i anchored at -,the- en■.tranco,tp Tory Channel.was supposedvbj.'Cap-; tain'Stewart to; bb'the' Mangapapa. ~ :--> r ■:.-'.'-Mr.'J'Gi'-H: 'Jackson,'.of; Porirua,. supplied', information , .last; evening ■■that;; theißipple: .(Canterbury, -Steam :,Ship .Company)) '.Hiiia,from Patea.to'-Wellington/and Putiki.'.bquna from Pelprus Soiind.to WeiliDgtonj'we'roJyirig ;in ; Tckamara Bayj'ohi.the'.Qtoki side of Ohau" ;Bay; The Putiki.put; intp .Piotph a -couple; of' 1 'days' ago. .-'Miv Jackson states 'that' on Sat- : , urday,hei.weut in his'.-launch.'along,,the coast, fromPonrua as ; far. as Ohaußay,; -but; saw. no. I .wreckage.;. Ho; was ..unable' to'get past that ' bay, ■ .and stayed .there. the; night, returning to :Porirua- yesterday. : He■ brought part. of ,the: : Huia's" crew; ashore:for' arid 'reportsthat"the inen;on all three are •safe.-' MrV Jackson /.states '■ ;also. "'■ tliat ', the Kapiti, boUndfrom .Wariganui to Wellington, i ,is lying: off :.Pbrirua,i arid .the: Stormbird; which. ' left;JWapg'amii'for Wellington early yesterday ■ ■morningi.was under Mana: Island at '4:p.m. .yesterday.: There are, one or two other: os— pocted vessels, which.inolude thie WairaufromNdlson,' , and. Holmdale' :from.'.,pnehunga. -The Mana.' (Patca, Shipping .Company), 'which left.for Patea'PnThursday last,'Tias put-into Wanganui.:' ;;;;■■■■.'.'•. -i';,'-, •:..'• ■/,;;■;-'■■;■'■■.