WRECK OP THE STEAMER GAIRLOCH.

Feilding Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 158, 6 January 1903, Page 2

WRECK OP THE STEAMER GAIRLOCH.

Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright New Plymouth, This Day. The Northern Steamship Company'a steamer Gairloch, bound from Kawhia to Opunake went ashore on the rocks south of Oakura about midnight, 18 miles from New Plymouth. It is believed she is a total wreck. The crew are all safe ; they pulled in a boat to the breakwater. The Harbour Board's dredge has gone to the scene of the wreck. The night was very thick. Later. The Gairloch left Onehunga on Saturday for Raglan and Kawhia, leaving the latter port at 2 p.m. on Monday for Opunaki and Wanganui. She had 90 tons of cargo, and no passengers. The crew numbered 21. The sea was smooth but the weather was very thick. She grounded at twenty minutes to twelve. The crew remained on board till daylight, and then proceeded in the boats to the breakwater, reaching there at 6.80. Captain Austin and the officers left again at 9 o'clock to see what salvage can be be effected. The vessel is lying about a quarter of a mile from the beach with her bottom out, a total wreck. Coming down last night the Gairloch passed the Ngapuhi bound from the breakwater to Onehunga so close that she had to sound her whistle to avoid a collision, the night was so dirty. Auckland, This Day. The Gairloch's cargo includes — for Opunake, 308 bags of sugar ; foe Wanganui, 2891 bags and 20 sacks of sugar, 10,400 feet of sawn timber, and sundries. The principal shippers were the Kauri Timber and the Colonial Sugar Companies.