WRECKS AT LORD HOWE ISLAND.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8739, 13 February 1907, Page 2

WRECKS AT LORD HOWE ISLAND.

Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, February 12.

The Captain Cook has returned with the crews of the Annasona and Mallgwyn. All are well. Detailed accounts show that the Annasona, which was in ballast, struck on Middleton reef at 5 in the morning of January 18. She immediately commenced to fill. Attempts were made to kedge her off the reef, but owing to the rapid rise of water in the hold the effort had to be abandoned. Tho weather at the time of the stranding was calm, but became rough, causing the vessel to bump so heavily that all the masts went over the side before noon. Recognising the hopelessness of standing by the crow took to :the boats. Tho heavy sea, which was swarming with sharks, made tho undertaking hazardous. While tho boats were pulling for the lagoon in the side of the reef they wore picked up by the schooner Stanley, which was cruising’ in the vicinity. The schooner’s accommodation was taxed to the utmost, lint they reached Lord Howe Island after a rough trip on the 25th.

The Mallgwyn ran into a heavy gale on January IStli, which stripped Iter sails from the yards. Next day she was rolling heavily in mountainous seas, which caused the ballast composed of pebbles to shift, throwing her on her beam ends. The masts were cut away to try to straighten her, but for six days, ’with her lee bulwarks under water, she was bulleted about by the gale. Tho crew worked hard trying to bring her to an even keel, but the position only grew worse, and she was abandoned on the morning of January 25th, in sight of Lord Howe Island, which the boats reached the same night. Botli crows speak highly of tho kind treatment received on the island.