The Loss of the Gatterthun.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 37, 12 August 1895, Page 2

The Loss of the Gatterthun.

LATEST PARTICULARS. (Per i J resß Association). Sydney, August 11. The boatswain states that three boats were smashed one after another while being lowered, aud people in them carried overboard by tremendous seas. He saw one man crushed agaiusfc the davits and killed before his eyes. When the last boat was ready to bo lowered, the captain shouted from the bridge for the crew to clear out, as the ship was sinking. He is positive it was tho captain, as he could not mistake his Yoicc, and saw tho figuro plainly. This is important, as it was previously stated that the captain was washed from the bridge at the same time as the officers and Captain Fawkes before the vessel sank. The steward says tbftfc ho once move returned aud called to the ladies and Dr Anderson and Mr Eraser to come out, but they still refused. He then made for the deck and the steamer sank as he reached it. This Day. The Quarter-Master who was steering at the time the vessel struck was a South Sea Islander, and not a Chinaman as at first stated. He was seen at the wheel up to the very last, and went down with the vessel still holding on to the wheel. This mau was on the steamer Quctta when she was wrecked, being rescued after having floated fpr many hours on some wreckage. The man who was found dead iv tho boat died at his post, having stuck by her while she was being launched. Vessels arriving report strong currents ! setting to the north in the vicinity of ■ Seal Rocks. This is contrary to the general trend of the current. All the' \ wreckage is found to be drifting north. ' Another boat, tho Captain's gig, was ( picked up at Capo Hawko. 1 Captain Fawkc state's the laud could < be seen occasionally. Ho could uot understand bow the wreck oecui'rod as it < was only an ordinary pieco of naviga- 1 iio». The rocks well known and tho ! vessel was naturally ou tho look out, ' for the wind, instead of blowing the vessel on the rocks, wa.s in the opposito direction to the Cape. The mau Hicks < adds to his statement that the Captain < was washed off the bridge. The last J seen of him was when clinging to the < bridge. He called ouli to the third officer * " Look U> tho lady passengers." This i happened while he was climbing to a {