UNKNOWN

Manawatu Herald, 7 January 1904, Page 3

UNKNOWN

TERRIBLE incident SHIPWRECK

According to a San paper of November 24, vivors from the French Francois ( ’oppee had a to tell on their arrival The Francois Coppee rocky island at the Tomales Bay, California, Friday night, while a fierce raging. For two days the barque had been hovering coast endeavouring to get ings, but was prevented so by the thick mantle of hung along the coast. It was o’clock on Friday night perilous position of the ship known to those on board. Watch fib an on the starboard the ship noticed land ahead and the alarm. The entire crew promptly called to the deck, Captain Iryne endeavoured to gate his boat out of danger. elements were against him, and the barque was driven mgrß lessly upon the sharp rocks of B» Island, When the men of the Framer Coppee saw the fate that await: the vessel, they became pm. stricken, and there was a wild c*;' ■ < our for the lowering of the lifeboar, * One boat, heavily provisioned, wa lowered b- 'or> the vessel struck.-.-Into this boat nine seamen climb >d greedily. Thu '-apt-sin was pov,or-, less to ‘-mii-d Lm-o He comp manded t-ju-na to si-ay by the fciiip; until he y.-vi oo.mr* for them to yoy away, f - nine -r.ni:oi pushed', away froi 1-h* r es*ei. shouting tothe capted -s .oat they would wvn astern to wot :-ii> ■ ormd. Tlmv

rowed awcv in ■•itr*? >* \v :.• r, rovisioxv" t lifeboat, x • i-’ -r ■- Francs:; Coppee wc" ' l - ■’ sharp rocks of Bis; irhmd. rm 1 'he lis--boat, stocked « u:* ■ : of wiiv..-, biscuits, coo l ’ kucasower, arc.* extra clothing, s n»-, hcvj to be seen. Throughout b. i onr!:, stormy night the Tta’ <' i, • lounded on the rocks of B-m island, going rapidly to voce- - v k- ( a fierce waves swep' ;■ •• <- > fiftee.n men clung ..v to the wreck until dawn, via < r . . yne de-

cided that the ' or’’ ~. , of life was to pbuiae 1 mOily into the breakers ana cue rocks. The men grabbed a- >t- • chance of salvation. Mo.i b ( .<> r tripped to the skin, bop-. , lew retained their underclothing* nre making their fatal plunge kw,, ,;he waves. One after the orr. ’ tlwj jumped overboard, grabbb- such wreckage as they could to f ; ip them keep their heads above-. Some were dashed furioMy against the sharp rocks, only code washed back, stunned and bleed’u ■. into a watery grave, w Of the fifteen mtjt who plunged over the rak of ■ wrecked ship four survive i o i■■■.? he talc, They clung to the rocs Bird Island and managed ro w-‘ch place of safety. On this . n island, hungry, and with v• y iksje 'othing to protect them - cm tiio fierce blasts of the sfcori urwy remained from Saturday mm’. ami! Sunday evening, by v.hi-’ • ■ - y had managed to con,<-t; ■> ream raft out of the wrooH. ; 0 kl-fated barque and paddi ,■ ; -a.- to the mainland to seek ! ■ help.

They stumbion a ;u-,y barn after an bout’s '• . •. id. 100 weak to look furtkui t- ;.-,dst tkoo. they fell down os Hu -v ;ua wont to sleep. Yesicrd i- > .mg they reached the fam- > 'Jharles Maltzen, on the, _Wr r:?;;.*:., and after being fed /if..., i/lmm-d were scot to this clt y. -j A great s’ao- lii-ng.f .i-.m ■" : nima's. such as fl*-as. 11! . ■ .'■■ ■>' > fo■->, : s, on horses and m.. ■ , cookroitones, wi !be .u ' ■ ■ : ■ Bock’s “'.Mortem” Ins-r, ■. ■, readers. Will kill within lbv t- iiy in a closed mom. .■ . ~ 1' “ .Mor-t<-in ”is wuv d 1 t _nii. ■'y imitated. The public ‘i - : ■ ■■ L;.m.: that the proprietor’s namo-d . dock ..mi Co.”— is on every tin, - v i.« g.-uAnv without it. All chemists n of M. H. Walker, Bed tfoxwn.