TOLL OF THE SEA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16424, 12 May 1921, Page 7

TOLL OF THE SEA.

STEAMER WRECKED. PASSENGERS SAFE. [Per Fresh Association, j WHAKATANK, May 12. Tiui steamer Tasman, 179 tons gross i register, and 102 it long, with Captain j Gregg as skipper, was wrecked on a j submerged rock on the ilaarirnu reel', } a long wall ■of ragged rooks extending ! from tim nia inland at- .Mavatsi. out< to Whale Island, i3ay of Plenty. The : scene oi.’ the wreck is about twenty , miles from Wliakatnne. Tht> accident occurred at ten. pastfour, at the change of the watches. he weather was squally and rainj-. Four men and three lady passengers and the crew took to the boats, iho ship disappeared in half an hour, in deep water. The mails and ship's papers were lost. The crew got ashore only in tho clothes they had on, and. reached Mat ala, where they found accommodation at tho hotel and houses. The captain and crew have gone to Tauranga. The passengers are coming to Wliakatane. The passengers reached ihe beach without mishap and bad a five miles walk to Mata la. Cars were* &est out for the ladies, and these, with , some of the others, arrived at Matata at 9 a.rn. There was a southerly wind, but the sea was calm at the time of striking the reef. The Tasman, which was a. wooden twin screw steamer, was twenty-one years old and was built by R. Bogan, of Auckland. She was carrying a cargo j at the time of tho wreck. She was i owned by the Northern Shipping Coin- i GTSTJORNK, May 12. j Inspector Basse!ls has been advised j that the steamer ’lasman was wrecked i this morning off llaurimu Island and j j sank within half an hour. The pas- j : sengers and crew were all saved. A ! | raft and boat with tlie passengers and • j tho crow reached Wliakatane at 10.30 i a -“-

SCHOONER ASHORE. HEAVY WEATHER ON EAST COAST. [Pm Pexsa Association.! GISBORNE, May 12. The schooner Huanui, from Auckland with a cargo of benzine, which arrived in the roadstead last evening, was discovered on the Waikanae beach, three miles from town, at daylight this morning. The vessel is oil an even keel amongst the breakers, and the ! crew, apparently, are. safe. As a heavy south-westerly is blowing it is impossible for the tug or boats to approach sufficiently close to render assistance.