THE KOTUKU.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 119, 17 May 1912, Page 8

THE KOTUKU.

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shlp Becoming a total ;..-.. :':r. wreck. ;■■;■:'

[PKESS ASSOCIATION^

■ ■;%;■■ ,;,;,:.;■ ..iGitEYMpUTHyfMay 17. .. ; .i'^ghoitly after '•liIV. p.m,l the Union Company's ICotukUi of 662 tons net, left the '• wharf. Captain John Chrisliari commaniiirig, with: a ■ civrao of 461 tons; of Stata ' ooal arid'Bl/,723 feet of timber, coiisigiied to Timaru aiid Dunedin./ The night ii'as .'ycry disa.greeable, ' but there was ye ry1 little sea on the- bar. While.,proceeding gown' tlie rivor tlie vesel: stinjcli'^he ! retainiiig Wall, which,, it is presumjecl, carried away ■>her propeller, rotldering 1?% unraanageabl©; She, theii,, it ,is supposed,. ; vjiti-uck ' the. /submerged, Hawea,' iia part' of■'. tlie^Kdtiildi's. bot-; torn \vas >ripped put.-.. She. then drifted over thb bar and went;.ashore outr sucle .th&ndtth 't^,'liea<^- U«r;; heM pointing shorewards;.,- „ ■■■■■■■;-\- ~• ; - 1 The captain ,and crew remained all night, but as the sea was ;nakmg this morning they _ came f»&hbre, .as evidences of. breaking up were visible, ■. ... T-ae captain was brought ashore in a' state o? ;'O ma and sent to the hospital. .-, . Trio deck timber, is now floating ashore, and the sea is breaking over •.ilie vessel,, which is becoming a ,total ■wreck.- '[ ''■ -..-,- ,/'*' ■■'""'" '~-: '. .