Wreck of the Neptune

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1333, 23 May 1905, Page 2

Wreck of the Neptune

Official Inquiry

By Telegraph.—Press Jssboiation. Abokmni, this dny,

At the nnuiieil inquiry into the wreck of the Noptuno, Captain Cliffe sta'cd that the vessel ,vns exceptionally well found. Ho brought a vessel out of Kaipara twelve month ngo, but had not previously taken avossel in, When crossing iho birbe ha I a man aloft looking for iho Tory Shoal buoy, which he had *inco loarnod had gone adrift. Suddenly the wind failed, and the vessel seemed to sag to leeward She struck outside tbo North Spit, and lifter striking she drifted to the northward, bumping nil tbo way along iho leo shore till iho ballast began to come out of the bottom. She thou stuck fast, ■ and began breaking up, The seis made a broach ryht over her. The crow wero provided with life-bohs, and tholifo boat was launched in fourteen minuloa After ihoy left the vesssi she w.n breiking up.