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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 September 1901, Page 4

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Grey Litre Stock Market

, Messrs G W Moss and Co report yesterday’s stock sales at Preston yards as follows:

Tlio entry consisted of two shipments from Wanganui and Foxton districts, S 6 head, also 15 cattle cx-ship on hand from previous market, 6 from Lake Brunner district, 350 heavy crossbred ewes and wethers cx-ship. There was a large attendance of buyers and all lines were disposed of. Wo sold tho following stock :

Fat Cattle —On account of Mr John M’Gregor, 42 prime quality bullocks from £IG 17s 61 to £9 17s 6d. On account of Messrs Fcarv Bros, 5 handy weight bullocks, £7 17s 6d to £7 2s 6cl; 1 cow, £4 17s 6d.

Fat Sheep—On account of Mr John M’Gregor, 150 prime crossbred wethers, at 20.3.

Mark Sprot and Co. report their sale at Preston road yesterday;— The entry of beef consisted of 100 head of prime North Island bu!Jocks, about 400 imported sheep were yarded. Prices all around wore well maintained and the whole of ilia entry was cleared at full rates. Wo so d on account, of Mcs.-.i-s Abraham and Williams, 60 bullocks from £ll 17s Od ; 200 ewes and wethers from 22s to £os 3d.

AN AMERICAN STEAMSHIP DISASTER,

Shocking Behaviour of the Grew

(Per s.s. Sonoma at Auckland.)

San Francisco, August 22.

The latest and most serious wreck of dozens which have occurred in Alaskan waters since the beginning of the gold excitement is the loss of the steamer Islander, The vessel was the flags! ip of the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company’s fleet, and tho largest and fastest steamer on the Yictoria-Skagway route.

Tho vessel left Skagway, south-bound, on the evening of the 14th August, and was proceeling out of the Lynn Canal when she collided with an iceberg or struck on a reef running out from Tantallon Point, it is not known which. The vosiol sank within fifteen minutes, her boilers exploding when the water reached them. It is believed that sixty-three persons were lost. There were 181 persons on board, and there are 118 survivors. Many of tho passengers returning from Klondike carried satchels filled wdth gold. One man is said to have jumped from tho dock of the sinking ship for one of the boats with a bag containing forty thousand dollars in gold in his hand. He missed his footing and sank to rise no more. Another set down a package containing fourteen thousand dollars, and escaped in a boat thankful to save his life.

A particularly sad case was that of Dr. W. S. Phillips, of Seattle, who lost Ilia wife and child. The doctor was making an effort to reach the boats when his wife and little girl were drawn down by the suction of the ventilator pipe. The doctor was carried down with tho ship, but finally rescued in an unconscious condition. His despair was most touching. Mr L. B. Eobe, a survivor, gives a somewhat intelligible account of the disaster. He does not wi.-h to reflect upon the conduct of the officers, but it is impossible not to draw conclusions from his story. Mr ffobo said:—“The vessel struck at 2.15 a.in., ton miles north of Junj.m, o<jf Douglas Island, and opposite tho entrance to Taku Inlot. She was then making a little less than fifteen knots an hour, When sho struck I sought a responsible officer, but none was ia sight. I passed to the forward part of the vessel, where I found crowds of passengers, but no officer. On the hurricane deck I found Captain Foote in his state-room.. Ho made no answer to my enquiry as to what was the matter. One boat was already in the sea with but seven occupants, and many were crying from the vessel for it to come back. Then the ship exploded, which I think was from compressed air. The whole upper part of vessel seemed to rise. We were an hour on a raft, which was leaky and unsafe, overturning several times. We were finally picked up by a boat which made the shore and made back to re cue others.”

Mr. W. G. Preston and his wife, of Seattle, we re tho last to* leave tho ship. Mr Preston said :—“ The officers of the ship handled the situation in an extremely incompetent manner. No warning was given to the naseengers in the staterooms and when they came on deck they were assured that there was no danger. The first boat to get away was a steel lifeboat, tho best on the ship. It contained seven men, members of the crew. The passengers retained their presence of mind, and did most of the work of lowering the boats and getting them away. A notable exemption to the behaviour of the majority of the officers was the first officer, Mr Neroutson. who was first on deck and gave able assistance to the passengers. It is charged that Captain Foote had been drinking a good deal, but tho vessel was in charge of Pilot .La Blanc, who was picked up after being two hours in the water. Captain Foote was lost, and a survivor states that he deliberately committed suicide, jumping from tho raft on which he had escaped from tho sinking ship.” -

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