(Per United Prcsn Association.) GISBORNE, September 30. Later news has been received from Awanui that the Whakapai capsized between the last island and the main land. ■ - The. crew clung to her for two hours, and were then 1 washed off. Four, in cluding Captain Bonner, were drowned, and one man, whose name is at present unknown, got ashore safely. The na tive who brought the information for got to inquire his name. He is ex pected to reach Awanui to-morrow morning. The Maoris, are now searching for the bodies. The information about the Te Anau having the vessel in tow is erroneous, as the steamer has since -reached Napier. Captain Bonner, master of the scow Whakapai, is well known at Gisborne. He was for some time second officer of the Union Company's Kiaora, and . left her to engage in trawling at this - port, subsequently taking charge' of the Whakapai. By a strange coincidence, his* father (who was master of the scow Oban) lost his vessel in Pelorbus Sound a week or two ago, and with another son had to cling to the capsized vessel for several hours before being rescued. There are no Europeans living in the vicinity of the scene of the casualty, ■nd the bodies will probably be buried where they are. found, without .an in quest being held. It is impossible to ascertain the names of the crew here, for though they spent several weeks at Tokomaru, and became well known, nobody seems to have inquired their names. A blacksmith named Double joined the vessel at Tokomaru, with the in tention of working his passage to ' Auckland/and is believed to have been drowned. ' * The passage between the East Island' and the East Cape, where the scow cap sized, is narrow and dangerous, and it is thought Captain Bonner had lort control of his vessel, and was driven in there. The accident took place within sight of the lighthouse, though the keepers would 'have been unable to render any assistance. Captain Bonner had only been mar ried five months, and his wife -resides in Nelson.
