ACCIDENTS AT SEA.
Auckland, November 7. Dueing the voyage of the barque Ada Melmore between London and thiß port she experienced an unusually heavy gale. Whilst running down the easting she was caught in a cyclone, and for several hours she went through weather the like of which, Captain Millikan says, he has never before seen during 31 years which be has been at sea. The decks were constantly flooded, and the water found access to the cabin. The cleats were torn from the main hatch, the panelling of the deck-houses washed away, also the covering of the ventilators. Many of the sails were blown away, including the foresail and topsails, About 7 o'clock in the evening two seamen — one named Andrew Baze (a native of Rotterdam) and the othei Joseph Ellickson (a Swede)— were sent aloft to do something with the topsail yard. They were thrown from thence by the violence of the gale. Baze fell on deck, and expired instantly, his neck having been broken, whilst Ellickson fell overboard and was drowned, the terrible state of the weather preventing him from receiving any aid from the ship. The Melmore consequently arrived in port short-handed.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 128, 14 November 1885, Page 5
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196ACCIDENTS AT SEA. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 128, 14 November 1885, Page 5
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