SCHOONERS IN A CALE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 6

SCHOONERS IN A CALE.

AWANUI THROWN ON Bj:AM ENDS;

After a voyage occupying over three weeks, tlie auxiliary, schooner Kaeo arrived irom Auckland and berthed at the wharf this afternoon.' Cu.-ftain Skinner reports Staying encountered the ree^it storm, which Avas excepti-ona'ily revere', whilst the '>ehooner Awanui (which also arrived m tlie Bay, this afternoon) was thrown on !hc-r beam ends and driven away oiY the land. ■

Leaving. Auckland on the sth inst!, the Kaeo experienced tine weiitht-r across-: the Bay of Plenty fo^* a. ooii])le of days, and landed cargo.-' at''- numerous points. , On Sunday, 10th inst.. an exceptionally heavy ttiunderstonn was experienced, the Kaeo being at M.avaeliaka. The, .thtmderstorm appeared to circle round for a distance of 40 miles, and continued for <--ix hours with great severity. Captain Skinner decided to Spat out- aa soon as possible, and the folowihg day tho wind came m from tlw j eastward. The vessel continued i.o I work £he various ports, and tih<- following day (Sunday, 17th inst., ran into the recent heavy storm at Cape Runaway/ This was the day when the I humch was >wept away,/ from Te Araroa, whilst the schooner Awanui. which h»d put out from Tolaga- Bay and run round tho Cape for .K-hclter, was struck by the storm and thrown on her beam ends. This, occurred about 8. a.m. Sails were blown out, and ft portion of the deck cargo of timber, was washed away, whilst tihings were- thrown upside down. Captain Brown subsequently reported being blown 100 miles off the coast. To return to /the, Kaeo,j Captain Skinner states' that ho was "commissioned to search for the Te Araroa launch, and proceeded as far as Qipe 'lluna.vray without Seeing anything. On' returning to To Araroa *he found th? laiihch safely hack at anchor. . That was on the ■Wednesday, and next day the launch bi'oke down and drifted over the rocks, froih. where it was rescued by Captain Skinner and placed at a better anchorage. That afternoon it came on to blow from the west, and the Kaeo. had to "clear out." whilst the Te Araroa v }a uncli again dragged its anchor. The Kaeo made round to Port Awanui. reaching there at 5 p.m.., and at 8 o'clock ..that . night a fierce southerly blew up, it takirng Oapt. iskiuner all his time to heave his anchor with both engines going. Making his wayl back round the Cape,- the wind fairly shrieked ;/ m. fact, the skippsr declares he never felt it blow so hard, although it was clear overhead, and once round the Cape they were m smootlh water. Tlie schooner left Te' Araroa Egain on Sunday last, wiien- the Awanui was just beating back to the coast. Since then the Kaeo has been engaged Avorking a.l the various ports, leaving -Tolaga. at 10 a.m. to-day,, after .landing, about 10 tons of cargo. ' i, .