NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 February 1918, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE NORJTH OF GISBORNE. APPARENTLY A SCHOONER . The Collector of Customs at Auckland has received the following telegram from the police constable at Te Araroa, a coastal settlement about 100 miles noi’th of Gisborne:—

“Part of wrecked vessel on beach at Te Araroa. Apparently three-mailed wood schooner, 124 ft, keel. Only flooring and part sides left. A few American coins, bale hooks, etc., found. Every indication wrecked recent storm ”

EVIDENCE OF FIRE,

GISBORNNE, February IS. The wreckage at Te Araroa lies about two miles from the township, in the direction of Hicks Bay. It is a porThe upper works are gone. There is tion of a sailing vessel, I23ft. long, evidence of charred timber, benzine cases, and hundreds of benzine tin labels an indication that the vessel burned from the waterline up quite recently. A man’s hat was found, j bearing the mark of a ’Frisco firm inside the band; also a piece of newsP a Per, dater June 17, 1917. The only other personal property found was some American coins, dated 1917, a pair of spectacles, and a set of false teeth