THE FORREST HALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14000, 4 March 1909, Page 5

THE FORREST HALL.

VESSEL BREAKING UP. NO HOPE OF SALVAGE. '-' [BT TKLEGKAI'H. —OWN COBBESPONDENT.] Pabengabenga, Wednesday; The ship Forrest Hall went ashore just opposite Pukekura Creek, about four, miles from Te Arai Bluff, distant rom • Parengarenga about 14 miles by a very circuitous track. ■' '-■ ■'; ■: • * ;.' r v- : , ■J i o i 'i " ■•v; The captain returned to the "emnii-fifi the'. wreck yesterday; and found the eea'.bteaking heavily over the. vessel, wasievident that ..her bai?k wte broken^/and j*he. mizzen. topgallantmaet was gone. The master considers that, there is, no; >of salving the ship. >.■:' "i >'<>'•: •Hi-j-Sr 9u» M. .. . Captain F. Collins, is in charge. sif | the Forrest, Hall, and the owners'' are. Messrs. Robert Owen and Co., of Liverpool. 'The previous owners were Messrs. C. G. Dunn and Co. Captain Collins . was formerly master of the County of Khtrocs, and took command of the Forrest Hall 12 months ago. ■ . ,- i ; ; ;,'''v > :''!; ~".''' ■": The majority of the vessel's crew' are Britishers, and 25 ,them are.jnow.-at Parengarenga. The remainder are-at'the scene of the wreck, looking after tne baggage ' . ; ' ; ; .'"• '"";".. ;j The Forrest Hall, as has already been stated, was bound from to Antofogasta. ..■'■ ' .v^J. ; . .'■ '..- 'J "' ' I The sailors speak very; highly of . the manner in which they have been treated by Mrs. Yates. - ■ , „ . :...-.