THE WRECKED VESSEL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13187, 26 May 1906, Page 5

THE WRECKED VESSEL.

FRENCH BARQUE VINCENNES. THE \;fvE. , ,7 SAFE.' ' By Telegraph.-- ""' ! ■:-?■:■: , 'lon—Co -/igli. Hivsf.r. M v \L The vessel '.-.}. ore at Manly i* tb French barque Vinceiuieg, from Yokohama, in ballast, for orders She arrived oil the heads yesterday aiterni.in, mid signalled for a pilot, but, a gala was raging and the weather was too thick i'or her signals to bo seen from the pilot station. She gradually drifted ashore «t Ocean Beach, and lies broadside on. i? m is ov an eve:, Um. ,'iib?old,',l in and. Short'/ ii.i'.r.i- she -.it-ruck, four of .he crew i.i,.;ia-g<?d to road) the shorn in a bo: . ha. '!'•; a grjatiy exhausted conaii>i?/L. The pilot steamer went to- the scent', but the sea w.is too rough for it to render assistaiic-. She stood by''.until this morning. The weather is calm, and at low water it. is almost possible to walk aboard, as there is only about 4ft of water where she lies settled in the sand. There are good prospects of salving the cargo, with good' weather. The remainder of the crew remain aboard. 'Received Mir ?/.■; ?.?•'; ?..'».».} Syokot, May 21/. Excepting that the Vißcennes has been driven a little nearer shore, and h-s sei■'ir.! -; : ■■■•.; - her position in ur. '■mn'.''. Au attempts by two tugs at high * .-.icy tonight to Low her off failed. • V The Vincennes is a steel vessel of 1739 tons register. She 6~iled from Cherbourg, France, on August 5 last, and arrived at Yokohama on February 7, and tailed r.a March 19 for Sydney lor order.i.