SALVAGE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18163, 27 April 1921, Page 6

SALVAGE.

THE CARGO OF THE LILY Some months ago the schoner Lily, a 90 ton auxiliary vessel, was driven ashore on Kapiti Island while cn a trip from Wellington to Foxton. Tbe crew escaped but the vessel was abandoned, and is now high and dry. Her cargo, a quantity ot corrugated iron, bolts and general merchandise, was purchased by contractors, who decided to place it upon the market. A considerable amount was taken to Wellington, and sold by auction. The remainder is being brought to i Wanganui, where it is being disposed i of in similar fashion by local auctionj eers. j The fishing launch '‘Galileo” is j transporting the salvaged cargo, and [has made two trips laden with the igoods Yesterday she arrived in the •early hours of the morning after a Isomewhat tempestuous voyage, occu-■p-ying twelve hours instead of the j usual eight. Her cargo was unloaded ion to the wharf during the day, in presence of many interested onlookers. It comprised an assc ted collection of ire nwork, bolts, roofing iron, and engines, a trifle damaged by sea water, but mostly in good condition. There are few facilities for salvage operations on Kapiti. The cargo has to be lifted from the Lily to the beach and transported to surf boats which carry it to the Galileo, off shore. It is a somewhat '’riluous enterprise, and one which merits success.