THE WRECK OF THE SHIP LOCH LEEVEN AT KING'S ISLAND.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1197, 14 December 1871, Page 2

THE WRECK OF THE SHIP LOCH LEEVEN AT KING'S ISLAND.

|_E£OM THE ARGUS, 21ST NOVEMBER.]

Since the wreck of the ship Loch Leven and th,e remnants of her cargo were purchased by Messrs. Jti. Goldsborough and Co., no time has been allowed needlessly to elapse before active measures were instituted to secuie as much as pos.-ible of the scattered cargo and debris of the wreck. The s.s. Express, which had already brought up one small lot of wool, was despatched again last Friday, and at § o'clock on Saturday morning, and commenced loading with wool and tallow, after taking in which, together with a quanity of leather, she left again for Melbourne at 9 pm. on Sunday, and arrived at the Queen's Wharf yesterday afternoon. The cargo brought up by the Express comprises 209 bales wool, 56 casks tallow, and 320 hides of leader. She also brought up a boat and three life buoys. Mr. A. J. Johnson, stevedore, who has entire .charge of the recovery of the cargo, and Mr. Hanson, were passengers by the Express. The latter is a son of the Chief Justice of South Australia, and went down to King's Island for an excuvsion, and to take sketches of the wreck and adjacent coast. He reports the wreck as being quite broken up, aud now nearly out of sight, and that large quantities of wool and tallow are being thrown up on the beach. All the available labor on the island is pressed into the service of picking up the wool and storing it at various points, and attention is also being directed to drying and re-packing it ? and getting it ready for shipment. As there is any quantity of loose wool shredded along the rocks in the neighborhood of the wreck, it is intended to take down mqre hands to assist in the collecting of it. In one smoll inlet or cove there U wool equal tp about }SO bales ready for removal. The weather most fortunately has been very fine, and the workpeople, under the supervision of Mr Corrigan, have been by no means idle. Disinterested testimony has been borne to the willingness with which they woik. The tombstone to the memory of Captain Branscombe lias been erected, and Mr. Henson has taken a view of the church and churchyard with this its solitarymemorial stone. Mr. Hanson made several excursions pver the Hand, and speaks highly of some beautiful patches of scenery, including one or two small lakes, with isl§ts on them, which he saw, and but for the terror inspired by the number of shipwrecks and casualties which have occurred round the islandj he thinks that it would be more largely visited. The Express, after discharg ing, will proceed forthwith to. King's Island.

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