Shipwreck at Home.
WRECK OP THE WILD DEER; : UA^N i A^PALI^N G » ipkNIC. \ HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES OF i NEW ZEALAND E&IGK,ANTi; GALLANT' RE3COE BY COAST- . ._ guardsmen,, guardsmen, i (Per Mail Steamer.) j , The Wild , Deerj , iu . commafTd of Captain Kerr) sailed from Greenock on f the morning of tFe^iriH^anuafypahd was left >by her steam-tug at ..noon the same day, the wi'ad' then 'being S.E., and rather squally. Towards night the weather grew worse, nnd^by. some £as yet) wholly inexplicab^ s bl{inder,ith6 captain and officers seem tohave taken th9 .'wrdng 1 «cqjirje. They went on as usual, ho'wWeV^ll- .-? about ten pTm.-, when breakers revealed;' the,, immediate proximity of land, and aH^nands were called to 'bout ship. Had this operation been successfully achieved, no accident probably have eventuated, but the vessel " missed stays," and whilst » desperate, attempt was being made to wear her r she struck on something with terrific force, and then hesleJover in a most a' arming mariner. •' The crew| 41 -in number^ were- ofs. course on -deck^lbut' "the c 209 , (^overnniant; immigrants-' had turned in, and their great terror when the shock came may be imagined.--.; At: first "there wa& an appalling panic. r Women, rushed itipqn deck in their night' clothes, and clung ?to the sa^lorsj v beg-^ ging to know if the ship was safe. The distress signals were observed on; shore, and the Coasfc Giiard at ."Ojaqe. .launched tHeir Iboat and endeavo\ired to' go to> the rescue \. On tb^arrival of the coast-' giiafoTTSoat;, tK'e unmarried girls~("who h.ad been most, troublesome) were slung one by one over the side with ropes, arid| then t}x& married women and children seem %o have been-^feonsidered. Great kindness r and hospitality we)*e ; shown ,tib (the ; khi pwr>;cb_ed 'ignygrants by the Irish residents, who made them as \ cpnafobeable dSjcircum^tajfcesjpermitted, and saw them safely sent on ro Belfast;; They have since returned to Glasgowj' and will forthwith be reshipped for OtagorThe Wild Deer is' a tot^l wjreckv
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 80, 10 March 1883, Page 2
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323Shipwreck at Home. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 80, 10 March 1883, Page 2
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