THE LADY JOCELYN DISABLED.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1095, 8 November 1883, Page 3

THE LADY JOCELYN DISABLED.

One of the saloon passengers by the Lady - Jocelyn, to Auckland, has kindly furnished meithe following narrative of experiences daring the’ fearful gale which disabled that vessel in the Channel on Sunday; the 2nd iust He says After a delightful day spent on board I retired rather late tb my cabin, the vessel at that tiraelgliding quietly along through a calm summer sea. Presently the ship began to roll and pitch heavily, but as 1 am a fairly good' sailor I thought nothing of this until the noise on deck, the shrill whistling of the wind, and the occasional thunder of a green sea forward proclaimed that the weather was growing very dirty indeed. Matters grew considerably worse after midnight, and I half resolved to turn.' outi■ and have a look' up the companion ladder. Remembering, however the-door would probohly be locked 1 lay stilt, and was just dropping off to sleep when a terrific shock, which made the great iship . tremble like an aspen, and w«» followed by a moat alarming smashing Of glass,- crockery, luggage, and cabin fornjtare, aroused.me. .Water was pourmgldown everywhero. My state-room had 3lt washing about directly, and all my save a Gladstone bag, lay soaking therein. My fellow passengers had by this time assembled in the saloon, wondering Sfhat would happen next, and naturally alarmed; We spent thereat of the night’ as 'best we could, upon the low settees that remained dry. it was a miserable time. The vessel rolled so heavily that it often seemed as though *bo - would never right herself ■ again. Moving about was an impossibility; and even those sitting or lying down had to cling on tightly to some safe fixThe/chief steward fell down the companion-ladder and was badly hurt, And several passengers got more or less braised. W* were right glad next day tu find ourselves safely anchor ed at Spitheed, end thanked Providence for a ■harmful'escape when we saw the deck. The sea had made a clean sweep of everything aft; yards of bulwarks- are gone from both sides, and she looks as battered as the' plying - Dutchman after a three years’ s cruise.—Dunedin Star oorrespondent. ; ■> -