S.S. MANAIA ON THE ROCKS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 12, 11 June 1926, Page 5

S.S. MANAIA ON THE ROCKS

. VESSEL RUHS MCIB ftl amR ISUHtD V • ' < ■ • .. • . - ■ • • ■ ■ - • ■ . r- v ?’ . ~v ; -V . , . ' <«•> pm pr&pFE TfllJrtC; ASSISTANCE ASKED FOR. Per Press Aseociation. ‘ WELLINGTON JUNE’ 11. Tlie following distress received from tho steamer Manqi&’by. the Wellington radio station at 11.35: last night: “S.O.S.—Manaia on Slipper sock.” ... Further messages stated that,,,the, captain thought the vessel would ;be O.K. till tlie morning, but ho . desired assistance to be sent at once for passengers. v . •, .// The Manaia was formerly they Union Coy’s Rotoiti, but now to th© Northern Steamship Company. Her tonnage is , 1159. She is engaged j in the: Tattran^^'Auckiandj^il r , Whangarei s e n7 ce - 4 V/ HARD AND FAST BUT NOT IN DANGEROUS POSITIONAL ; MISHAP .OCCURS THREE HOURS'.* '■ OUT FROM TAURANGA^r.i: ■" , . ■ jirod • TWO STEAMERS MAKING FOR i-V, ~ ‘’L SCENE -OF WRECK . ■ ■ i:v - -'v. . . ' ;o

... Auckland, june.ffL; Adviipe wqis,'received at one o’clock this raqrnirig, that the Northern. Co’s j Manaia was'ashore on Slipper Island," on her way from TaUranga to Auckland. She is hard and fast, hut not in a dangerous position. . Captain Nprbury advised that ho' •was all iight until, this morning, but', he asked for assistance, The Manaia left Tauranga at '8 p.m. and struck at 11.20 p.m. U.. At 2;30 a.m. it was reported by • wireless that the vessel was holding on to the reef with her propellers. Th© passengers are still on board.'/, The weather is squally and ~the seas moderate, but she is bumping heavily.' , An earlier message stated that it was intended to land th© passengers, hut according to latest advices this had not beeri'done. ■ The Ngapuhi, ren route from Whan-, garei to Auckland, is proceeding to the Manaia’s assistance. The Rimu is leaving for Auckland at 9 a.m. mki • • «*V«« "vi i'i, CAPTAIN NORBURY* - COMMODORE OF THE FLEET. Captain Norbury, who is in charge of the Manaia, has,been Commodore of th© Northern Co.’s'fleet for irtanv ▼ears. H© is .well-known. -t© Taranaid .residents.' as in foriner rears he’Jiad the oornmand of the Njjnmhi and thb Rarmwa on the New Plymouth-On- . ■ ehrmsra nm.."'. "■ ■ ' ‘'J •. Oantain Norbury is a brother-in-law" of Air C., !Rowson. of Stratford, ; ", THE WEATHER mivrrNG UP -lT THREE O’CLOCK. ZTj ■ j <jr. .f- ---' - w: .. •• • di o) "'SIXTY PA|SENGEIIS. 1 '■ 'bne . ooq.v. TW6 LOADS TRANSFERRED, ' , TO THE NGAPUHI. ■ -9 WELLINGTON, June 11. Radio messages to the Secretary of th© General Post Office state that the steamer Ngapuhi was communicated' with at 3 o’clock this morning. Th© weather was then coming up and the Manaia was making water fairly fast; , ' ’ &f*i About sixty passengers ;.wete. .aboard., • •• v b;;; At 10.44 this mominir a farther radio stated: “10.22 a.m., from (Mar. naia, Ngapuhi taking passengers ■■ off. Two boats away safely,” . dCWii 1 MAKING WATER. AUCKLAND. June 11. A Whrtianga correspondent wires at ll.’iT’Am? that the Manaia issinaking wiatdr-'and is- being held on-j-fithd rock; by'hei ij ßropellors. s' ' V :j •«; jk,. : . . ;AW - : ,v‘ A .Uo:’ '-k r NAMES OF 'FEE ' PASSENGERS, v; TAURANGA. June 11. „/ ■ Passengers•ori the, Manaia wefe.:-i4. Messrs Johnston. Fyfe, Tapplin, Pet- • ... era, Wilkinson, Harris (2b Capper, Kenney, Ludwig, Cioohetto. MaokreU, Hewlett, Sayer. Hille. Aitken, Jackson. Patrick, Clark, Frost. Fergusson, Canning, Graham. Stein. Beale,, ( Lee,; Jethro. ; Lock. Perryn, McKay. 'Beiv ham, Meredith. Harrison. Masters, Dab, (2); Mesdatnes Eegg, Ajjety, Perryn, Abraham. Misses Abranaitnls (3), Rich. McLeod. Brook. Bucknall, Stewart (2), Lully, Best. Scott, pittaway, Stone, Laurance (2). ire V.ii ' v ■ ' •' * 1 • ■ . -- i'<

S AIL PASSENGERS SAFE. 1 '"' 7 . TRANSFERRED TO NGAPUtfI.- : AUCKLAND. June IX. A wireless at noon stated- that all the Mnnaia’s passengers had been transferred to the Ngapuhi. • V NQT ON SLIPPER . ISLAND. ..... >’:GN, THE WATCHMAN, c j • : THAMES, June ll! The Manila is ashore pu the Watchman, a small island a mile frjom J Slipper Island.-which, is about '.jfera * miles from Tairua, on the east coast

of the Coromandel Peninsula, The Watchman is about 30ft. high. The ship appears to be broadside on from Tairua, with a dip in her stern. She is in a very exposed position. Mr Cory Wright and party, of Tairua proceeded early this morning by launch, but have not yet returned. At 10 a.m. the Ngapuhi arrived, and is rendering assistance. - A fair sea is running. STEAM BEING KEPT UP. WEATHER GETTING CALMER. ' ■ ' : ' AUCKLAND, June 11. The Star’s Tairua correspondent wires that the Manaia is. about .one mile off Slipper Island, well up on the reef.:;. ? Behind a small rocky island he can see a two-masted scow, standing by. , A Northern Company’s steamer Has just arrived (10.15 a.m.). The Manaia is keeping steam up, * The sea is moderate. The weather is getting calmer. It is dull and cloudy, but clearing. Mr Cory Wright's launch is on the way out. i A WELL-KNOWN BOAT. The Manaia. when owned by the :Union,S.S., Co., was used on the New Plymouth-Onehunga run. She was a .sister ship to the Mapourika, which Was:sold to her present owners on the ihi t|ie days when both the Union and Nprthorti companies had boats on the ruin, being l before the Main Trunk railway?, was opened. The Manaia soldi ,Pq her present owners on the opening, of the line.