The Late Wreck.
(united pbiss association.* Wellington, This Day. The steamer Jackson returned from Jackson's Head this morning but on account of the weather was unable to get round to the side of the head on which the ship struck. Parties were landed on this side of the head and crossed over the hills to where the vessel lay and found her lying on her port bilge with: deck slanting seaward and mast standing oui of the water. Later. Blenheijt, This Day. One of the survivors who went m search of assistance subsisted for ieveral days on tallow candies washed ashore from the wreck. He says the Captain occasionally drank hard, and liad been seen during the voyage unable to stand, though he could not say as to his condition on the night of the wreck. It is believed that had the officers bad charge^' the vessel would now have been in> Wellington harbour. f The men say notic of passing •teamen were ho close as . to be able to distinguish . thef officer on the fridge or the uian »(t the wheel. *
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 241, 8 September 1884, Page 3
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182The Late Wreck. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 241, 8 September 1884, Page 3
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