SAFETY OF THE PENGUIN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 276, 19 November 1881, Page 2

SAFETY OF THE PENGUIN.

CAPT MALCOLM'S ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT. The Wa!lari arrivfd from tha F.-ench P.ies shortly after twelve o'clock 1.-st night bringing the welcome in f el!if.?nco that the Penguin had craped from her peMlous position on the reeks, a r d vry shortly afterwards a telegram wai received from Pictrn announcing her snfs arrival there. I; app,?ar-2{3 that the steamer fcal rim straight into a chasm ia thi re«f which exactly fitte:! her, and at high water about half patt fir last pight she floated off «a«!y and without b*viag sustained ths slightest dflmage. Hor pisgengerr, who 'cad been removed to the Wallace, were th*-n tran?f ?rrr-d to the Penguin which sailed a? once for Pieton arriving as above. The following Press Assocution telsgram gives the Captain's account of the mishap : — Wellington, Satunlar. The Penguin arrived at 9.15 this morning, and is now going round to the Patent Hip Captain Malcolm's account of the accident is as follows :— Left Nelson at 5 p.m on the 17th for Wellington "ia Pinton. On appreaching the French Pass, the ni?ht being very dark rr-ndc-red it very d fficult to pick up the beacon, and when he did he found he was to the northward of it and th? only chance was to take the middle channel, which he attempted to do but missed it by about ten feet. He <!H not deem it advisable t) revirs" the engines because h? doing so the ve.=sc-l would havo gone broa'l'ide on to the reef. The vessel struck at 8.25 p m and remained fa^t til! G o'clock last night when she floated off without injury and proceeded on her voyage.