WRECK OF THE ISABELLA RIDLET AT TIMARU.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 309, 20 April 1877, Page 3

WRECK OF THE ISABELLA RIDLET AT TIMARU.

f • .-, I.'r DK't'tiiny lin;i,. L |.;l. r:xjii . ;v 1.. i • -np'ol by the s :>. Uititt • '••• r " -illy from the .-"nih-.'.'si*. ; Kitil I'.V >!'••••• ' • is 1 1 '»1 ni 1114 in v-nn t. rn'n- . force. Tiit: vt:«!« I.< in fclit! r<'-'i■ I.s k !I v. m» tin? haniii. ••• V v"'!!!)'* ami l.<:vH;!!a ii:*'; inn!.in;■ Ji-n'y : tliro- ■ >:»*'- i 1- •! »uln>i>n r Ar.iuu ;'.«>w : and r...n f• •'• I ih!!hm>iu >*t i.'.l n na'i fin::.: an I . "nif; |:>ick. The V v"ii;i : wiv.i lyin'i v.- II mi I near! <•? the Tit nam tServic.e : Kt>' 11'' de-tiamv behind- I" r. In;; cl.in l.ty the Annie the Voiuiit 1 1 i 1 •' ln-in'C iu-xiiTc tin* latter.. '1 !»• ts;i.lirlla I vi 11 It 'V I til- WrtU ■ tmri.ii 1 if t';- .untie {tow ; win!.' i'so 1 .Kill';'aneimred ivoll innde the innner. Tilt- ll.esanneh U'i.-i: \va>t in H:i* v:-«i «t (wwilimt of ."11. Iyi>» * otV H»o |>.i-*t :-a'""n. Mini wry i.:|. in :.ht>rt\ Sereee' ,ea.n n. ; . o;b.f. v il li rrjfanl t > this v< l«;it jii'irn 1 ..;>• >• n* it» t!:o Iv« >.; 1 n1 !*>>■< •. .About t|ihi 1 It;.' \v;u in:' i • ft. r pilot -s! ,i.':t.n 1" ht-U on >vif !i ;'U : »i ••• n ji* k'M'v v.-" iM l.|. ur;i nliy r i s : ' " tn> llii;j Imir i.l' vi':'.;<t•!•«, H."'« t )'••! i:. ami |ii!f'l ;: •; "nil. 11. • ivat 1!. a : . • 1.; 11 tn l\ 1 • |> l !i, if nnl : I'll. 1 : s "1 iy a. 1 r I'J 1 >V'ti!-.' anchor t.f l"i'' I ' i >■ 1. i. .. ft. i'! 1 In ',.1), ;;:.ti l»-;4'ni f" ;■'' I '' •' in ('.lie *lir« «•! {<•:» t.f tlu> i'o.r. Amaher ait wan ah • • r: 1 • • !. i I no ];:iI'ln-iI aiiii" ;>• i.n'ii 'iliaf. ly. A •;«.'« ! '" (tilt ,M it 1.1 - In-n'l a-t-. r : ii-; j i" k 11111 n 1'>n t' n lit- .'mm-!', crnw. i./. i :n \ : v\ t\nv niinn!': (■■:;'y »v ri'i- in Vi :nl!ii !•. o'ti' it tinni' siTvn" s win-.' r-i.-: ■ A .".""it a;; tin: si'i; >n 1 ;Mu:h"i - unntr., 1 t1 • Wpm I" wifc!ii 11 a oiinipn.rafiVt'ly nhorf. «li fclto >t!nirn, att'l jn.l'. nit t'tc tlnnm" ■' i-'> l».'l;ol'n lu'» u"'n';;n wiw Htiipuctl. l>y t.n i t.imo -> \vlnilt: p<.|;inla ! i"ti. "f th;' t.>wa was •.jat'.ln'ivd uu tin: lioaon-, \v". :- f;uif; with na ;t:r ititi'i'i'.'.t f.!u: "t l :;n ri'.'i'.ol tin mi fvnry availn.Jit" tnnlv t'.i' at Inasfc hal.t-.'ui-lioni - she stnu'';.;'u'!. wir.n ra..-intn - ly to in."--" lu-ad-Wav, I,'ii: ii, thru liw<.'an'..' it' tub a';'|-!y cvitlcni' tl'.at th"iij;'i r!io w,i:; ;u»f. ij'in; t'nrt.'ifi - W"wn int" fcho stu \fiv» di'it'i.in ;• tnwanU tht- Gi>vvctiuu'tiS 1 ati.linu' Scfvii'i', Sii.'iux tii.'i- lib r.msl tome 4h1i.,c.: s.iiiiti'i; op tar.yr, thn Ifainal;, iluiLy stiHTud t"i' tin' l>i''sh ' lie oniM sun, lictvin-'r 11>r thn vvlun'o tin; tild l/lot'ka v.«'i*« pl;u:.:t|. Hin: caiuu in »'t»wly but stnrt'ly, aivl ahnnt (:'u\h: oV'lock in ti.fe? ;U!Vmo-Tv sit'ii'.'ic i-'ipily, bro''ubiilis on. on .tin l t>" E ji;sf. a.ia 1 vo: tin: ♦ rovernnH'nt F/i.n.li:y_c vvu.!; - i,(.■ 11;4 about tit'ty yat-i-i Ct'i ttt tbn bt';ti;!i, 'Clio cuukfi, a' L >j : >a:'atn.-i was fehnu bn)ti;.;iib into the and a lm'.> iitfd out t" iicF. Tut> rocket atruclv 0n..: of t '.f sail.-v "iv ti 11 j fc'on.-m:wi; and tirafiy wet it ott fii'c, bnt t.'te bun '.v.ta .-»aft'ly ';'o* liold vt nn<l tin' ni;*.;n, b.ault'd ott IhkipU. AltUuu ; ; :avy seas kept brnaktng

over the vessel fmm the time she struck, they did not bump E;er much, or cause fit*c to lurch to any great extent; runt in a very few minutes she was hard awl fast on the rocks within halt a sf.om/s-throw of tin* crowd standing on t " fwu-'i. All anxiety as» to the position >4 *,n» battue a crew was now at .in end, and within twenty minutes of the time s>he struck all were l>r< >trl^lit safely on shore !►)' meaii3 of a eradte rigged t<> the fopj »htc.i had !>'■<■• cv sent on t 1 ■ip I by means of the rocket apparatus, the captain Iwtii" the ta.<fc t<» l- aw the ve.-s.d. The whole of t! t) [anding «.(.»ratt».fu>, which were conducted by l.V.ptain the ll*rs»>ur Master. were carried out in tUe mo-»t per* feet mariner. wither confusion nor delay «.,f any kind taking place. Siwutty alter the crew were landed. the barque xhift *1 her posir.ii'it somewhat, and gtwhiailv turned t'otttnf with her head to the sea. ffrfore she wan abandoned the pumps were sounded, anil a.-* no water was lotititl n !ier, it was hoped .-,he had sustained no nj urv to her bottom so tar. When we ast visited the In aeh at a late hour in the t'Vi tiinir, tin? tide. which r--ached its fttfl In i lit'about ;i had avatn shifted her found E>r> >,u t-i< h' •>,, to the beach, atid she was within about - > yar.U ot tne.(.*overnuient Service hmh (.tn'ii'S. She hail then h'. t'L'il riu'lit over tin to her side, and

f> -arvit to be brt akin.ir up i-.pidlv. Wiiatt vi r fiortio.n ot ht.-i* tiotds t.u« r will be I. it' i. and dry this snondng. Not! in l ,' so far had bi irt saved out of her; the ere w eoiotug a.-t.e>r'.' wUaottt iinyt!t:ng but. the clothes they .-.toed in. As there ~ ill be a. ('on; t of iCiuiniry held into the eae.se ef the wreck, it would h > premature on otir part to ».;iVr a-.y renv.irks • »t* it, or to. iju.»te the opinions of < .\ne: ieticed men witli r. gar.l to the way the Vv.-sJ wrs worked ; and wes' aii then fo"e wart nnril the sta.tt'tie n's ot the captain and his ohiei VH are iiet'ore IN.

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