WRECKED.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 816, 1 March 1909, Page 2

WRECKED.

THE SHIP FOREST HALL GOES ASHORE. AT THE TOP OF THIS ISLAND. ALL HANDS SAVED. [PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckflandj March 1. A telegram from Parengarenga, to the north of Auckland, states that the ship Forest Hall was wrecked on Saturday morning on the west coast, about twenty miles south-east of Cape Maria Van Diemen, near Te Aarai .aff. The spot where the ship came ashore is a somewhat lonely part of the coast. Residents of Parengarenga on the East Coast do not seem to have been aware of the wreck until late in the day. The ship was on her way to Chilian ' ports from Newcastle, loaded with about 3000 tons of coal. She had been twenty-one days out from the port of departure, and, apparently, had been blown out of her course considerably, as she should have passed to the north of the Three Kings at about 9.30 a.m. The vessel went ashore, and all on board were able to reach the beach in safety; out it is feared that the heavy seas which come in on that coast will break the ship up before any refloating operations can be attempted. The Forest Hafll is an iron, fullrigged' ship, of 2052 tons register, in command of Captain P. A. Logan. Messrs Dun and Co., of Liverpool, are the owners. Captain Collins and 1 the first mate of the Forrest Hall arrived at Parengarenga on Sunday in a very exhausted condition. The oaptain returned to the vessel, a twelve miles' journey. ______ _____