THE ELINGAMITE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11917, 18 November 1902, Page 3

THE ELINGAMITE.

NO 'tSACE YET OF THE MISSING BOAS'. United Press Association—Per EledfcSc Telegraph—Copyright. Received 6.6 jwn., November l-7fti. SYDNEY, November 17. The Zeafandia -wi her run from Auckland kept a sharp look-out, and cruised about 40 miles from -the North Cape, .ttan past the Three Kings close to the -sobEe of the -wreck, which sank ira thirty fathoms of Vater. Tho<* on the Zealandsa saw no sign of the wissing boat or ;a vestige of wreckage. >'ffae survivors w-htxcame on fey the ■ Zealand**, are well, and vfckeir - friends •and a large *-jrowd of people 'warmly welcomed theAi Per i'reso Association. AUCKLAND, Swjrvember 17, The passenger who died :©n the raft, >&- 'scribed •»■. connected with a. Steel Trust, 'las been identified as Mt JL G. Ancters&n, -of Lybnry, Sessle and 'Co., Sheffield, ifcad Hood, 3iaggie and Co., 'of Tyne. The bodies picked up by ' thicks, s. "Greyhound were buried .at Uohoura. Thev were identified as Messes Green, yjoteison ■'iuid'-P'iirker. H.M.S. Penguin left cm' Saturday Wtoake further search for the hissing boat. The tug-Sterling went from Russell oil 'Saturday''to search to the eastward, and-isnight visit Little and Great Barrier Iskaffd and Makohinau. 'At the suggestion o? the Marine TJepartanent\communicatiori Sras been, entered- into.. with Hokianga with, a'view of senifcig out' a'vessel from that pmiv if possible tor-search, -the small island of Motupea, off Diemen. . The Mararoa on hsir >trip from !(Sisborne • searched carefully ttes Bay of Pfcaty, buh saw no trace of the ;mis"sing boat. The weather is andsry, and Hight rain, vris falling. The-schooner Countess of Raefurly Tej--7 ported to Cape Maria-on Saturday:that she ' had sighted a raft, 'and searched'Motupoai Msland. She saw no survivors. ;* The ra.fb 'sighted waa that «et adrift by- the sitr-.'i " vivors brought hero "-By the Zealaiidia, i All the raft survivors Johnson, who drank salt •water,'-,.is- I;he j "worst, but is not in danger: i A young man who died on the ra;ft lias '■ been identified as Mr Lancerot Flbwier,',] only son of the Tire -Mr Gerald'T'lower,; of j Auckland, who 3iad been ottte. visit to j > Sydney. ■,. ■ j GISBORNE,, NOTEBiber 17. i _ There is little" - doubt:' Ifat the ship j sighted by the at- < Three Kings was the schooner • which has arrived here from "Newcastle... ■ The Ururoa passed' north: 'of the' Three | Kings, and', turning south, »canie within. I a stone's throw of the eastern island on. j Tuesday, but saw nothing --unusual. ;i WELLTE7GTON, Npsrember 17. I At a meeting - convened/iy J the Mayor ; ' to consider vbe-question of •'raising funds* for the relief of the the Elinga- 1 tij-'d- 1 it was decided to opeawsubscnri'-ioii'.j Ihc for that purpose. ji The WiUOTgliby-Geach Company will'.'! give a special p:effonnanee,"'th« whole pro^-1 ceeds of which -will go : ; sufferers * by the Elinganiite wreck. 5