ACCIDENT TO THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION.
The following telegram has been received from Mr Lockyer, who is in charge of the English Eclipse Expedition, bound for Sicily :- — Catania, December 15, 3 p.m. The Pysche, with the Eclipse' Expedition on board; has struck on a sunken rock, near Catania. All hands have been saved, and also the scientific instruments. The captain, who behaved most nobly, is still on board, and, with a view to save the ship, has telegraphed to Malta for assistance. A Plymouth correspondent sends -the following:—A private telegram just received in Plymouth, from an officer of H.M.S. Psyche has gone ashore near Catania, on the eastern shore of the island of Sicily. It was not known if there was a chance of saving her, but her position was so critical that all her officers and crew had landed, an operation which was effected in safety. The t’hysche is commanded by Lieu-tenant-Commander Fellowes, and is supposed to have been on her way from the Bay of Naples to Malta.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 5, 25 February 1871, Page 4
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169ACCIDENT TO THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION. New Zealand Mail, Issue 5, 25 February 1871, Page 4
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