WRECK NEAR MOKAU.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12970, 25 September 1905, Page 5

WRECK NEAR MOKAU.

LOS S OF ' '££lk MO^A.'. ,

VESSEL 'GOES* ASHORE IN THE . ' ' EARLY * MORNING.

all" tws ciwsw supppsjfcp, to HAVE BEEN LO^t/ '

*' " EI^ORTS r TO' "kETdOVER, Til IS' -.-> , t , , Kd-.-.n alt Ki*s t'.'.-.Ji'. 1 .1' .•

CUTI'ING 1 "THRbu^H-^bTTOM'' J OF

The sad ne\rts- J -Vea:Xheel o< Us^ I fchis- >^uibrn-

ing thatthe^ gedw^Mbdtaa"; weil- known m - the timberH.l* jftlc,* 'had- ' ashore about » a milev north r 'bf" the •' -IMEbkaii Heads and -that' the' c ' brew—^s'even- or eight in number— had- -'been* drowned. ' 1 The j\ioiina was chartered^ -to- -take from Kelly's mill, "-up the ! Mokau River, 130,000 feet of white pine for Sydney, and on arrival -off -the (port last evening anchored. These was - a strong wind blowing-,, and -seafaring, u^'en , and Others , expressed thai opinion that she •vas in a dangerous, position, being too |;lose in shore ; in fact it . was f rcclj stated, in the township, th.at .the probability was that shej w.ould, be blown pn to the beach.. Unfortunately the

prediction was • realised, the scow gong ashore in thje ' early , morning. When news of the .calamity was circulated, many of the residents of INlo>cau went to the scene to, if possible, fender assistance. , They found tKe vessel keel up, on the beach, aiad Wreckage strewn abou,t, but no sign oi any of the crew. , It- is supposed flic unfortunate men, "were asleep at |lie time the vessel capsized, and that jjieir bodies .will foe _. .found in the vessel, 1 „ - , . " : ', ;'/',; '/', ,' s j This .morning, the , bottom of the. vessel \yas to be opened and an endeavour made to get out the bodies.

, The master of the vessel was Capieiin Jones, a mariner of considerable ! experience, but the names of the cr«w »re not available. , There is an impyession tha,t no look 1 but "could # have been' kept, , but of that may nd,t, be t correcjii.Hp'wJA'er, , it. its' ggnerally > agreed ' that an arror was made, in -the choice of an lineliorage, especially- in vieW. of 'the strong- wind that was blowing at the £ime. -' ' '- ':■'"■ ! > It was reported in town this afternoon that oiif hodv Haft been recoverAcl. -. - * "- • ' ■

PRIOR MOVEMENTS OF THE VESSEL. ,

CAPTAIN ONLYidOINIDD HER , . - .RECENTLY. ,, „ .

* Per Press Assoeiatioii. . Wellinglon, September 25. The scow" Moana, which, is reported to -have. been, found bottom upward on the beach at Mokau,. with the crew missing-,, arriv,ed at, Wellington, 1 from Manning River, ; with a cargo of hardwood," on the llth September, afad left last Friday week for Mokau. Ca"piain 'Jinies, w'ho f 'was in charge, pnly Idui'ed* her a 'short time ,ago, on account of the illness- of Captain Cain. " The Vessel is of 94 ' tons'. . ■'■'.','