ARRIVAL OF THE EMMA FROM MAURITIUS.
THE CAPTAIN AND A SEAMAN DROWNED.
The barque Emma, with a cargo of sugar for Messrs N. Edwards and Co. and Sclanders and Co., arrived this afternoon from the Mauritius, which she left on the 7th October, Fine weather was experienced until the 29th, when a heavy gale with squalls from the S.W. set in. On the Ist instant she shipped four or five heavy seas on both quarters, and at 11 p.m. a tremendous wave broke over the poop, sweeping Captain William Stockley and Carl Ruhberg, a seaman, overboard. Nothing was seen of them again. Another man was washed over the side, but his legs became entangled in the main braces, and he contrived to scramble on board again. Heavy gales continued for two days, when the weather became fine, and remained so for the rest of the voyage. The vessel was brought on by Mr W. Boxall, the first mate. Captain Stockley was not only master, but sole owner of the Emma.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 272, 16 November 1877, Page 2
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