Fatal Hurricane. COWARDICE OF A LIFEBOAT CREW.
A violent hurricane raged in the Irish Channel oh January 4, and great damage was done' to the shipping. • Among other terrible casualties, the American ship Alfred F. Snow-, Captain Miller, which left San Francisco, August 1, 'for* Liverpool,' loaded with wheat, was lost in Herryloch Bay, off Furfcherstown, at the entrance of Waterford harbour. Every member of the crew, 25 in number, was drowned. The bodies of the captain and one of the sailors had been recovered as well, as 'the ship's papers. The inquest in the case of the captain of the
vessel revealed the fact that the master of the lifeboat refused to go to the rescue of the ship's crew because of the roughneßS of the sea. A witness stated that the crew 6f a fishing vessel burst open the boathouse, and manned the lifeboat, but too late to be of any use. A portion of Fasinet Rock tumbled into the sea, terrifying the lightkeepers, as they feared the sea would undermine the base of the lighthouse. Approach to the rock by boats, during the storm, was impossible j but when it lulled a landing was effected, and measures taken to make things secure.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 241, 11 February 1888, Page 5 (Supplement)
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205Fatal Hurricane. COWARDICE OF A LIFEBOAT CREW. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 241, 11 February 1888, Page 5 (Supplement)
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