TOTAL LOSS OF THK BARQUE GENERAL JESSUP.
Nearly every daylbrings us fresh intelligence of disasters occurring from the late gales. Yesterday evening the schooner Vibilia, arrived with the captain, crew, and passengers ofthe barque General Jessup, lost afc Kent's Group on ber passage from Hobart Town to Port Albert. Captain Hughes has furnish*! us with the followin*: account of the disaster:— ln consequence of a heavy S.E. gale encountered on tho 6th inst., came to an anchor iv
W;c3t* eoyo^'(lftnt's:S Group), at'4,3^ p m., with .forty-fiveffalhoiiis of chainjph the best'bower.'Anchored the«5 7 fcb await- daylight, toot Considering it 'prident to%iiin;fb§tlie ihlet^the^veather being so v W ihd. ; stUb'afc .S.E., aud Sblojviug if auy/fliing hara^)^ on, ittie previous day. Letfjp at 11 a.mVftiiofcbor anchor, and paid out to sixty fathoms on the port auchor. At. 6.30 p.m. tho ship drove and struck tho ground. Her keel remaiued striking for about half an hour, when she went broadside on to the beach; in the course of three hours filled, and on the Sth became a total wreck. Fortunately all hands succeeded in, getting on shore safely; aud on tho Vibiba arriving ou the 12th, went on board of her and left the group on the 13th, leaving behind Mrs Black and Miss Balantiue, two of the pasengors. Mrs (lodges, aad Mr flhrtiMra Connelly, the other passengers, have arrived by tbo Vibilia. — Age, 17th July.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 2
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231TOTAL LOSS OF THK BARQUE GENERAL JESSUP. Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 2
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