THE STEAMER TRIUMPH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 13, 13 December 1883, Page 2

THE STEAMER TRIUMPH.

[oNrrW .P^SS ' y j^,uoEi.iND, December 32. Captain ; Brptherton and several of hia officers haye jjeen summoned to attend a Uo^rjt of into the cause of- tfhe wreck of Che s.s. Triumph which is to beheld hetil on Thursday next. The-' TBHPW!3Pai^^fagM«»e«€latioaj.^that ' -tHe ' should be,jg)3d by pu.blioJ^ii'c-i tion at an early date, has* been' adopted ; andaocoydingly^wiUi a. view of givjuglui»ndin;g ptfrohasera sfrrojipoptHnity to .view the vessel as she now lies on the 'rocks', the ; ti.s. Pe'ngnih ' was V chartered •hy ; thfr ageUti' to : ooiFfay^e'xcursionist? ' to Tiiitiii.thisafternoon. She started, , haying a large number of people on board, and a. great deal of speculation has been inidulged m concei-ning the cost and value of "the wrecked steamer, In course oj£ conversation thi* in orniug, the^ Engineer stated. that the Triumph originally cost £45,000, independent pi tih.6 Haslam refrigerating apparatus wiih ' which she i^, fitted, fclie was builb at a time when tbere'was a great depression iin ! tuade apd lron wprjc WWL obeap', an# f heeOns.iderftd.tbat, the same cofltract now would be taken at a less figUi«;ihi\nL; £$QvQ.Q,O., At the; same time,: he dqe| not believe that she could be repaired iv, Auckland under i3p,000,6r £10,000 to ftgat the L §hip and bring her into port. He "says t' ltt * Pitting; cbst^ of. , floating and repsiiijng it wouldalin'ost bring^the twal up to th> post of. a ne\y yeasel, and it should be remen»» bere4 that tho Triiim^b is now 1 threeyeaifaolX"'He further eoni»idei's- that thjs or at least the best' part of th^nf^jco^l^be taken out 1 <k the steamer now. It jLs r,en,Qrjted thai tlle's'hipd&in'ijured m tjje Tynejjide cpiajinanie^ bjft it i» not definitelyknown yijf.ether op .not. this is ho. . .„, '. • ;i '