LOSS OF THE LOCH NAGAR.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2376, 28 October 1880, Page 2

LOSS OF THE LOCH NAGAR.

[By Telegraph.] Gisborne, October 27. A terrible S. E. gale has been prevail, ing for the last 21 hours, attended with a heavy downpour of rain. The rivers are all flooded, and it is feared that much damage will be done. Messrs Shaw, Saville’s and Co’s ship Loch Nagar, Captain George Perram, 590 tons, from London, loading wool here, has been driven on the beach, and is now high and dry. At 7 a.ra., the ship was riding with MO fathoms on the starboard anchor and 75 on the port anchor. She parted her starboard chain and veered out all the cable on the port anchor, and while getting in the remnant of the starboard chain to shackle on to the port cable, the ship parted the latter. A tremendous sea was running the whole time. The foretopmast staysail was hoisted, and the ship was run on to the beach. Had the cable not parted the ship could have weathered out the gale, as there is excellent holding in the harbor. The ship is apparently uninjured. About 7(1 bales of wool are on board and 51 tons of manganese. It is not known whether the ship is insured. THIS DAY. The Loch Nagar is now high up on the beach. Shaw Savillic and Co. have been called to ascertain if she is insured, in order that the vessel may be abandaned to the underwriters. The vessel herself weighs over KKX) tons. There is an entire absence of any appliances whatever, forgetting her olf the beach. The prevailing opinion is that there is little chance, of getting her afloat again. The sea has gone down considerably and the weather is fine. The rainfall during the past two days was the greatest ever Known in the district.