A BARQUE WRECKED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 6

A BARQUE WRECKED.

THROWN HIGH AND DRY ON A

REEF. ALL ON BOARD SAVED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, January 2. A boat containing a unite and nine men of the Norwegian ship Askoy have arrived at Vamba. It is reported that the vessel is a total wreck on the Elizabeth reef, 300 miles tine east of the Clarence River. She struck on Wednesday last. The castaways had a trying experience in the boat. Other advices state that another boat containing the captain and nine men of the Askoy*s crew have reached Noumea. All aboard arc thus accounted for. The Askoy survivors had a strenuous experience and are in a had state through, the exposure and shortage of food. They state that the ship was driven on to Elizabeth Reef last Wednesday during thick weather. All are destitute, being unable to save anything from the wreck. A message lias been received stating that the captain’s boat was picked up by the Ville Delaciotat on Sunday, and conveyed to Noumea. .1 be Askoy was bound from South America to Newcastle in ballast. The Askoy was carried on to a reer at eleven o'clock at night by strong currents at high water. It is impossible to shift Her. Nothing was seen of the reef before striking.