BREAK DOWN OF THE ALHAMBRA.
The following is an extract from a private letter received in Nelson from a young lady who was a passenger on board the unfortunate steamer on her last trip up to Melbourne : — " We were -within six or seven hours steam of Melbourne when a loud report, as that of a gun, was heard, and the steamer suddenly stopped. It was some time before the amount of damage done could be ascertained, but it was at last found that the driving wheel was so broken as to render it quite useless. So there we lay perfectly helpless and in a somewhat dangerous vicinity, there being land all round us, on which we were liable to drift at any moment. We awoke in the morning to feel the utter helplessness of our position, and you may therefore imagine our delight when at breakfast time the cheering sound was heard " A sail on the lee side." For some time we were uncertain whether we were seen, but after an hour's suspense she bore down upon us, and a boat was lowered and the captain went on board; but he was.
unable to make any further arrangements than that she should report us, and that the agents should send out a tug, which they did, as soon as possible, and on Sunday evening we were safely anchored outside, and went up the Yarra Yarra next morning.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 258, 2 November 1869, Page 2
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237BREAK DOWN OF THE ALHAMBRA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 258, 2 November 1869, Page 2
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