A BARQUE ASHORE NEAR TIMARU.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXI, Issue 261, 27 November 1885, Page 3

A BARQUE ASHORE NEAR TIMARU.

Timahtj, Nov. 26. | Tim bnrqno Ilniiaon, from London to : Lyitrlton, which left 0:1 hne. 15, Went; ashore this moraine; mar Mil/ord, about 12 miles north of Timimi, m a deme fog. Tho new 3 reachoj Tinwn at 8 o'clock, and tho Rocket Brigade proceeded to render assistance. The tug Titan also, with the Harbor Master on board, went to her assistance. Later. The tug has jnst returned from the barqno Hudson. The harbor master says she is lying head on to the beach near the month o! Milford Ligoon. She went ashore at 3 o'clock this morning. The Captain, declines to state how, remarking th.it he will have to answer enough by and bye. She is on a sandy beach not m any way injured, and the cargo is all light. The crew got ashore without difliciiUy. As the sea is very culm, it is probal.le she will get off should the weather keep fine. CnnisTCHDBCH, Nov. 26. The tug Lyttelton left at 3.15 p.m. to assist to get off the Hudson. The steamer Herald left this evening with men to discharge the cargo, so aa to lighten the ship. Among the cargo is a locomotive consigned to Government, and a quantity of gunpowder. The bulk of the cargo consists of general merchandise, and is consigned to John Inglis and Co., Christchurch. She belongs to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion fleet.