SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1878, Page 2

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

(From the Cape Standard and Mail, 4th Oct.) The ship Liverpool, of London, put in on Monday evening for repairs and to land eight men, the only sumvors of the British ship Inch Kenneth, of Glasgow, which capsized on the 23rd September, in lat. 34 51 S., lon. 24 34 E. The Inch Kenneth left Calcutta on the 7th of August for Hull, with a cargo of linseed and wheat, consisting altogether of about 1500 tons.. The/ day after leaving, William Hunter, A.8., fell overboard and was "drowned. Coming down the Bay of Bengal a heavy hurricane was met with, but with that exception, the weather! was moderate up to Sunday, the 23rd September, when a strong.N.W. gale, with tremendous seas, was encountered, increasing in violence during the day. Sail was reduced till only the three lower topsails and main trysail wer^ left. 4.bout 9 p.m a heavy squall struck the ship, and before the lower canvas could be further reduced the vessel thrown on her beam ends.' 'in hopes of saving jbhe ?hip, Drdepj w^ere givien ' to^ cti|t away tlj'p masts, l)ut the heavy sea running made thi% very difficult, .and only the -Qiizeo topmast wus gone. About 3 g,.m. oft Monday, the vessel heeled farther over and showed pyppy gjgp of a capsize. There were four boats on board — two life -boats and two quarterboats. These were cut away with the exception of one life-boat, which could not be got at ; but before they could be properly nwnned they were washed away and capsized About }.i pepple managed to reach the lifeboat, while t*he remainder were spread in all directions iu'the other 'boats, on spars, hen-: coojps; oi- 1 'other 'floating articles; Barely yefe.they cleblrof'-thte ship* when" she'iveut rigfct 9*6?,' g.ud' lay button, up in 'the' 'water. ThVlj.fe r bQat,jn wjphwej-e Captain £ E: Hiflman,iuaster, tiie ffrsj* ats secpud mate, and l'l man, vr»s capsized three tinje?, iagd i|ve of the . men were drowned. Afterwards the. survivors managed to keep the boat right, but with great difficulty. The oars, sails, &c, had all been washed out, and as a sub*tifc„*se the foot-boards were torn up and used US paddled The poor fellows were driven frefote tJiQ gni„ wiiuOSt ,one drop of water ot'&mo^hM otmtnins t: < ana . with only the .cUha. tjiey wepe working i*** board. Qn Tuesday nightie v C»pJfu dted from equation, his boly bein^ gpt by the others till nooi* ou Wednesday, when tS . were sjghted by the Liverpool, which pickeT them up in lat. 34.01 8., long. 28.30 jg The other boats was last seen near the ship, and some of the men were clinging to them, but • 6 £T_? ttom up » and eveQ had they been righted there seemed very little chance of their living through the fearful gale. The Inch Kenneth was a fine ship of 1120 tons, owned by the Clutha Shipping Company, of Glasgow,and was launched on thel6th_srovemfe tyl'SPW the y ar d of.Messrs Henderson •S G ° l q K G^ S^7- She was commanded by £aptain J. \ fy\ira m , and wfts oh her first homeward voyage.

The Town and Country Journal—a Sydney newspaper—states that the rumor that the Marquis of Nor raanby will take the place of Sir Hercules Robinson during the coming year appears to be well founded. It adds'":—' '• His Lordship will probably not be sorry to lea.ye New Zealand under the circumstances, for it seems, thathe is iv continual hot water with the ek-Governor and present Premier, Sir G. Grey. The Marquis has been generally popular in New Zealand, and will doubtless be well received in Sydney. The high social rank of many of the colonial Governors is an indication of the growing importance of these ■ young states. Some of the peers doubtless take these offices because their revenues make it inconvenient for them to maintain their ancestral state at home, but they would not seek this method of restoring the fortunes of their houses unless it carried with it a dignity that added to the lustre of their names. The Marquis of Normanby comes of a race distinguished for literary, artistic, and political ability, and his presence in Sydney will certainly add to the dignity of our Government." A few months ago credulity was taxed to a great degree by a story brought from the Society Islands that the abandoned: coal-laden ship Ada Iredale had drifted intoi Tahiti, still smoking, after floating about at sea for nearly nine months in a burning condition. There were not wanting several who declined to believe that a ship could remain on fire for such a long period. These unbelievers will be astonished to learn that another exactly similar case, except that the nine months is increassd to len months, was reported at Lloyds early in October. The following is a paragraph referring to the; ncident, clipped from the Daily News :— " Information received from Lloyds states that the Peninsular and Oriental mail steamer Hindostan, arrive at Suez from China, reports that 'on the night of the 17th September, two days before reaching Aden, she boarded a vessel which had apparently been abandoned on fire, probably some weeks previously. She was completely gutted, but the coal was still smouldering in her hold. She was identified as the Teviotdale, of Glasgow, by the official number and registered tonnage marked on the main-hatch beam. The iron ship Teviotdale, bound from Cardiff to India with a cargo of coals,, was abandoned ou fire on the Ist November, 1876,* inlat. lldeg. south, long. 70deg east, near 1 Mauritius, and has drifted about 2000 miles in about ten months. The crew were picked up soon after abandoning the vessel.

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