WRECK OF A STEAMER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1692, 21 October 1887, Page 3

WRECK OF A STEAMER.

LOSS OF LIFE. [RBI/TEH'S TKLKGRAM8 — COPYRIGHT. Mblbouenb, October 20 It wu reported here, at 1 a.m. that th •teamer Cheviot, belonging to Messr Howard Smith and Son*, which aailed frun this port yesterday afternoon for Sydnei and Brisbane, was wrecked outside th" heads near Point Nepean. The Cheviot on leaving here had elevei laloou and twenty-two steerage passengers Later, News has been received from sorrenti that one of the crew of the Ohavioi r«ach«d that place at 2 40 this morning fie states that the vessel struck on a reel about nine last evening. He jumped im< the water and succeeded In getting ashore. It is inrmised at QuoDsoiiffe that th« steamer broke dowu m a southerly gale On tbe news becoming known, the crewi of the lifeboats proceeded to tbe scene ol the disaster, and set np the life-savicg •pparatas, by means of whioh a number of persons were safely landed from th* veiise). This morning it is evidoat that the ship is breaking up, as oar^o is com ng ashore. Queensoxiftk, lam. A fishing boat has just arrived here from Portoea, bringing nowa tbat twentyfonr persons have been saved from the Cheviot, and that between thirty-five and forty are supposed to have beon drowned.