WRECK OP THE SCHIEHALLION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 58, 18 March 1879, Page 2

WRECK OP THE SCHIEHALLION.

(PEP PRESS AGENCY.)

The barque Schieballi«n went ashore on the lale of Wight during thiok weather. There was a heavy ground sea running at the time, which bumped her on the shingle but being a strong vessel, she did not begin to go to pieces for an hour or more. After trying by shouts and other mews to attract attention, David Moore, the cook, a courageous man and a bold swimmer, jumped over with a lead line and made for the shore. He nearly los* hU life, bur vtruggled hard, and at last by a supreme effort, favored by an advancing wave, reached the strand. Those on deck bound the end of the lead lino to the hawser which he made fast to a wreck. A man ashore who had seen the wreck, went as far

as he could into the surf and clutched when they came within reach all those whef dared to make tHeir way hand over hand along the hawser thrdugli tHe breaker* Charley Story. Mr* Stdry's eldest son, A Urare little" fellow, scarcely twelve years of ago, was" washed from tho ship to the beach in mannes (?) without the slightest assistance from those oa shore, whose whole attention was concentrated upon the Sailor's they were rescuing, add whom Charley Story had to reach over and to pass on the rope. Mrs Smith dame along the tope in the name way, but was nearly drowned* The steward had ft wdnderful escape.- He lost his hold of the hawserj but was Washed under the stern of the ship und was cast aihofe by a big ware. Betsdn, tho second officer, a great favorite on board, who had been already exhausted by his efforts to save the women and children and by loss of blood (hw thumb having been crushed against tho side of the shipjj nahe Made for land Was Carried out. Before this the wreck began to break up, and the mainmask had gone ovor the side, as the other mast subsequently did, to seaward. Mad they fallen towards the land, many of those clinging to the port bulwarks would have been killed* Tc the after rail on the land side were clinging near together, the last three re* raaining. The one furthest forward was a woman (Sfi\s Storey, who had refused to leave the ship before her ehildifln were safe. She was did only in a nightdress, and as the sea broke over her, there see»ed no chance for her. Her companions, who were old men were too exhausted and benumbed even to fasten the life line round her wuiat. There was a loud report, the poop split, and they went overboard. This was followed by a series of reports, resembling the discharge of a pistol, as the iron plates of tli > hull parted from one another. Then the ship parted in two amidshsps, »nd the fore and mizzsn masts went by the board. At this moment the wreck was lifted bodily up and pitched farther to starboard, as it' it w&is about to turn over. It was sucked down apparently into the sea for a few second-, and ie aeeraed as if it was all over wich the engvlphed persons but the great sea running to shore lifted the vessel back, and to the relief of all, tho three figures were seen holding fast to the rail At length the second mate anl the captain rescued Mrs Story and dragged her up the sloping, slippery deck until she could grasp the port rail. As soon as she was fastened she threw herself into the sea, and was pulied under the waves, but the line became jammed, and although the earnest pullers had clutched her, she was still under the water. A shout went up, "Cut tho line:" but for the moment not a knife was at haud, and the men tore it with their te^th, scarcely knowing what they did. The line having been cut, she was lifted from the breakers, and laid on the pebbles and the men took off their jackets and wrapped them about what appeared a lifeless form. After a few minutes her heart could be felt feebly pulsating ; two minutes later the artery of the wrist wa9 throbbing. A 8 soon as reaction had fairly set in, she was carried up the clifl. An old man was next rescued, and last of all the captain came ashore in the life-buoy cradle. He was tho only one so ssred. He too was pulseless, and delirious for some time after the reaction had set in.