WRECKED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 October 1907, Page 7

WRECKED.

$ , CREW'S SUFFERING ON WEST COAST OF • TASMANIA.,, .... ■■;-;■: SEVERAL; MEN DROWNED. SHELL-FISH DIET. .... ( . BY TBLEGIUM—PEESS. ASSOCIATION—COPYBIOnT. (Roc. Oct. 18, 9.2 a.m.) i ' Hobartj. October 18! Tho Swedish Ghip Alfhild, 1445 tons, from x 1 Rio to Hobart, in ballast, was wrecked on ' tho west coast of Tasmania on Thursday < morning of last week. , ' Tho first news' was brought last night by ' tho steamor Koonookarra, which brought six of tho Alfhild's crow. Tho total number of . tho crew was 17, of whom four were drowned. Seven remain near tho wreck. ] BOATS SMASHED. • •' i The ship struck near Green Island, dur- , ing a heavy storm, in a place 18ft from the mainland cliffs. Sho then drifted further in ) shore, and. within half an hour broke up. , There were tremendous seas running. Some' j ) of the. crow managed to lower two of the boats. Eight got into one and three into, the other. As tho boats reached the beach i '•.they wero smashed to pieces. ~ ~.,, SOME SWIM ASHORE. "• One-.man was drowned, but ten men got , ; ashore, and wore joined by three of those 1 who had been, left on tho ship, and who had I swum ashore. i' The remaining threo on the ship lost their . lives..One of them.was on a portion of the j wreck for four'days before dropping into the ' sea.. .. The thirteen men on shore wandered in , i search of., food, but found only a few shellj fish. However, thoy discovered a boat, and [ six of thomiembarked on Monday and reached i Hootonyker. They arrived only just in timo, . ' for tho boat was.swamped as thoy landed.' ;•' . Thoy'wero received and hospitably treated at I the lighthouse. [ FEARS FpR THOSE LEFT BEHIND. '- Those rescued entertain grave fears .'for ] I the safety of tho seven who wero left near tho ' wreck, who had been without fbodjfor ( Veight ■: | days. When the boat left they wore in a ' ) had conditi6n, especially the'captain,;;', .;•.- • [ ■ The Koonookarra. left last night to search" \ I for the missing men. . •■• v .■.-i . ' Another account states that two seamen, I [ tho carpenter, and steward, Olsen the cook, i and Jacobsen were drowned: .'■■ ■' ' ' '. ■ 1 ■ —^'