THE LY – EE – MOON DISASTER FURTHER PARTICULARS

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 3

THE LY - EE - MOON DISASTER FURTHER PARTICULARS

The Scene In Melbourne. a scene at the agent's Office. Qn the newa being receivtd in Melbourne by telegraph, it >pread like wild fire, and the office',pf SidJeley and Co., Collens-street, was, soon besieged by a number of persons, whose,anxious looking faces told too well the .nature of their errand. The agents were, plied with numerous questions as to those on board, tHoBe eavod, and the whereabouts of the survivors. „A large number of passengers seemed, .from what could be observed, to be largely identified with Melbourne, and the scenes, when relations heard the dreadful newe,,of their loss was moat touching. A number of enquiries were made for the Rev. W. Pooled and great was the joy experienced when the enquirers learned of this gentleman's .fortunate escape. IMij Gardner, J'P/, contractor for constructing a tramwifcy in Elizabetb'-strect, sustained a sad bereavement. He was sitting on the Port Melbourne Bench when the news reached him of the catastrophe. John A. Buckley, nephew of Mr and Mrs Buckley (of Buckley and Munn), can be well congratulated. He had intended to go to Sydney by the Ly-eemoon, and bis name, appeared in the list of passengers. William Johnston, a saloon passenger, was a medical student of the University. He was a son of the late Captain William Johnston, of Sydney and Carlton, and nephew of Mr U. H. Nolt, of Richmond He was in his second year's course at the University, and was considered a very promising student. Mr O. G. Bradley, a ealoon passenger, was a Bon of J. G. Bradley, a retired merchant-, and a director of the Safe Deposit Company at San 'Francisco. He was on his way to atart business in Sydney. Mrs Jennings, a friend of Mrs John Benn, of Messrs Grice, Summer and Co., was a pa'eeneer by the Ly-ee moon. Mrs Benn drove her to the steamer on Saturday, and little thought that the parting was to be final. Mrs Jennings waited until Saturday on purpose to travel by the Ly-ee-moon. Miss Bertha was accompanying Mrs Adams, wife of the chief steward in the A.S.N. Company's service. Mies Clark was a daughter of Mr C. Clark, bootmaker, of Duke-street, Simpeon's Road. Mr Holmes was a farmer at Ascot. Mrs Coghill waa the wife of a farmer Bt Coghill's Creek. Mrs Coghill was accompanied by Mrs Mark Gardener, wife of the contractor for laying down the wood pavement in Elizabeth-street, besides Mr Poole. who was formerly sub-editor of the "Age." The following were among the saloon passengers saved :—: — Mr D. C Barris, of Christy and Co., hatmakers ; Mr A. Smith, of the A.S.N. Co., Sydney ; Mr Herbert Lameden, of T,he Bank of New South Wales ; and master Adams, eon of the steward of the Union Co.'s steamer Mararoa. Mrs Adams and her other childien were lost.

Bodies Washed Ashore. The interment of the remains of those recovered from the wreck of the Ly-ee-moon took place at Green Gape. Nine males and three females bodies have been brought -ashore, and their graves were dug close to gether not far from the lighthouse. A largo number of people were present; the Rev. Poole officiated, and was much affected.

The Inquest. Immediately at the conclusion of the inquest, the third officer, MrFotheringham, who was in charge of the vessel when she struck, was taken into custody on a charge of manslaughter, through negligence and disobedience of orders. At a meeting of the Victorian Marine Board, the wreck of the Ly ec-moon formed a special topic of conversation, it being stated that the members of the Board, referring to the Green Cape chart, had found that if the third officer had carried out in their entirety the instructions of the captain as detailed by him in his evidence before the coroner, it would have landed the vessel exactly on the point Bhe struck.