Wireck of tne Jessie Alice Clyde.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 129, 8 November 1884, Page 3

Wireck of tne Jessie Alice Clyde.

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; Chbistchuhch, Nov. 6. From accounts to hand, it would 'eeem that the olyde went ashore about 4.30 a.m., On receipt of theinewvs of ■ "the wreck, Einsey Wkrd and Co., r agent, telegraphed orders to Akaroa • : for* the steamer Akaroa to proceed to Horseshoe Bay, and that everything - should be done for the comfort of the f survivors. At 4 p.m. the steamer' ';'' retimied with the ;sad hews that the . ; bai^ttei licUi broken up» a n<l nothing ' $<it wreckage? cOulil^ be i'. 1 seen] around .the spot where she\tfracV It thus '"ktttoeiirs thiit i the captain, hlaj family, and aU oh board except the lad Gib■^nlLiignteen: Uves iftt ' ■aljl— have tieiished., One body was wlcovered, <teofaboy about I4;i'alsd an apprentice of the ship. It Iras ar- ' ranged that: the ks. %wea should v r%ka. ;at Head 6' at^ ;p.m. <m 1 Sier 'wajT sduth^ from l^tteltoii, m ■•■. wdef iq' see it % ill-fated | bki-q(ie <J] cMd be'g-ot oiff^bufeneeafbr this no longer, remains. The Surveyor; of the W'Cnuewritfcirs' A^Oxation, lelft m the Hawea f6r\the scene of thej wreck.' « ThUiad dij&sbi&'is detained *% AkarpS r 'fiß/is{iiQWs on the body pickejl l ; .^ i{Hf>' ,ip\ al«s> ralner eriiausted, 't^ f r&^ai^ rest. Kinseyj Ward, j-and; Got ai? a<ivißed it is doubtful if <Ykn^tMiiig will^>be saved T fijom the w^ck^as the ship is- in pieces. Gil>son has • telegraphed to the | agents, V ; asking them to soad a message to his ittother At Newcastle that he? is «ale, and they have cabled to' her tthrough jthe owner (J. Ellis, of Newcistle)v: w Js\ -<k -r- '''■'■'' '. '•' IiATBB. " ,^^JffptainT3fi^rßt,the Unde |-writers' l^^olciatibn pr, who l«ft m the fl;giiflrtia,^^ mieit^e; atlamer Al:aroa at : r Heads, an^ has retunned by., , ie^to^Uieltun,; sea was very^ li^dugh 6ti tlie', Heads '^hen th| Akaroaf went out, and tne top of a njiast was| ■ ;i #11 that waavisiblewhere the vess4| Hiigßnk.. Horseshoe Bay is a small ancH I'Vextremely rosky inlet on, ttie coast, '"four I ' miles to the south of Akaroa v- : !^[eads. It is difficult of entry, even x - a< i<ff .'ft boat. Inspector Pender will , desjp^tch two constables to meet Seri <cg^t "Brooks at the Heaci of the Bay, •whence they -will proceed, on horsed ' back to the consti and do all .that ie-. iirnins^o'b© doii^ ' They will watch' ! * v at Injiay T*e castj ashore, r ' a^'i'i^e! init they. «^e : jdecentlyr ■ ;.Jba|ried- v r'-"-.-:; V --'i.{'. '■■':•>'. 'Prp r •' . ■''. From the acconnt of the lad Gibgon, it appears the 'barque l«ft Dnn#edin steering N.E^ by^N* £alf W.,, 1 ( About "4 this morning tJbe^weatbef was i: !%jgjijr : ' 'atfdi tW sea" ritlier:, heaVy.f turned in' a. ' few i minutes ■ later, when the mate , tpij^l I the oft .wa,tch: to be, handy, in five iininutes. The man on vratch called outj land on tbe lee bow, and all bands were called to put the ship abdut, biit sl|e missed ''stays. :T^ l ca'ptam f triid to iwear the< a%ssol, y headuiss 'o^t the wind,: but she; Struck amidlsnirjß. A boat wafe lowered' and the captein ordered; Gib'son and .another .boy iv to. bale, and put m his wife "and three children, j The lee '*ail of the ship was then lojw do wq, andHhe stern ot/tHe boab caught 1 , jinder it j^nd , was awftrupfed. The ;': woman! a^fchildreW; 'wei»! dragged ,«bflarti, T in 4 &i\m&. [.gfigujik jhe main mast falling dived and got to the spanker-boom, and oa board. He; r »w the Captain bleeding and stunnedj i atiout which was' underwater, with/liis'twQ jchildretr. i Gibson: pulled the children out, and /-vthey^ wita,<*e.bOatiiwamV ipate an<4 * IdtSier%, got^ntoUri^tlfcrer 1 ; boat, which: v was «wauiped. among, the wreckage. ; Gibson afaui 'gotob'wi^ spanjker-boom { and saw. the captain's body and a girl of nihe'years old float by.: Gibsoa y-Mi^;the child, but '<:',+ hiavy sea Bwept'oyer nim and he lost this hold t.-^irer'J iHe tieo^ got on a deckhouse pj,idiifl^ l ,byi;and v ! .w,as carri^l into a !.,'iittlp bay. **9 m y^W^ c managed to the shore/^He ' walked some x^ilesti J^ ,M«o|>b»ile^ /hoube, lftar Puvanchelles^ayv whence: news was 1 #n£ :oilißciiit^afterwards returneU A W>"' 'the ! shore, arid Wai' taken on{ board v tbe jieamer Akaroa. ; • ;