STORY OF THE WRECK

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 19, 16 February 1909, Page 2

STORY OF THE WRECK

A GlUl'iik; ACCOUNT. 1 iiUAV THE Dim* SWAMPIiD. Wi'ir.iigi".!, usi Olio ul' the tat amnmu I>.V survivors U f „;ml liiij>[)(:ii«l in noiiU thjU

given liy Mr. I'. Shaw, manager ..t tV Marlborough Herald. When the struck. ho rushed on di-i-ki and lii'iu'ij Uu. captain shinning orders 1,1 ilislil'mLt;. liic belts ami get '» l1 lhl! lK, .' lts - U . Wl [ S milling at tlu- time, mul big soutlieily sens Sw mining. **» •:«> l"" (lurk, fur flu-re «'as it i"""» " himl thiik elu.iik Tin; immeJiatc vitmitv Will mistii v visible. I'>r,voire was ouuhrkd os DKCIV. Mr. Shaw wci liclow U, get Nncl \VliiU', the Ul-vcai'-olil SUII of a Jtlcnliciin business man, oi whose presence on board lie knew. When lie gut on deck ho saw | the livst tnwi. lowered. It was filled will, women and children and there were nine men in it to do the rowuigl and cither tin: first or Llie second o liter in (-barge, with instructions to keep out to sea. Splendid order was preseiv,•(l „u hoard. There was 110 excitement, 5,1,(1 all dill as they were iinkleii. Ho full

I'iUIlT) (>!'" lll'S It-U I; when In' saw the maimer .in wliieli evevvoue was bt'lmviiia. Tin: women bchavJd well, "and llii' stewardess, GOl) KKST lIHlt SObl., li(,rc herself like a hrroine, fastening on lifebelts and talking words (l[ J' 11 "' 1 ' \ l poor women and children, s" palhctii-all.j helpless ill the face of tin' calamity. Without loss of t.ii.,o, tile crew am others put the vest of the women an< children aml some men in the .second lifeboat while it was 011 fnc dauts, but hardlv had they lowered it down a I little When one of Hit. ropra mil, lowerI i„ K the boat at one end to such an angle that all were I'I! KCII'IT AT El) I .NIC TIIK SI.A, and half of them, about 13 or Hi. were drowned More the onlookers' eyes-an awful sight. While the boat-loading had heel" going on, about eight or nrae detonators had been lived, and ml and blue lights were burned as signals. 01 distress. They might lutvo hi" "tins for all the good it was, (03 the wind was howling high, and the sea was clamouring so loudly that we could hardly hear each other speak, and <nins would not be heard lifl\ 10 windward. Mr. Shaw, with ol hers, assisted to li'ilash and launch the first raft, while ..tilers were working at the windward boat. They got one rat afloat, and were seomg_ l» t .ic OLII. when the vessel gave a jerk, and I'IAKdKD lH'-H- liOW into the sea. He thought it I'me to jlml|) . He saw .Mr. C. llird I ravcllc. for Ti it 7nl W. Young, "I W.■ 11 nigt.-u, iust then, and called to Mm t« lull lie onlv shook bis head. .Mr. Shaw had no thought of drowning. lie puis it thai "he felt his uuie had not eon.e vot." !i< i a sw " ,,n,nk v•• he in, nc ntnu'k on I '<dron°'lv to t'lcur of 'HIK STII\MV:iVS WIUUM'OOL. He had been swimming for a time when he caught sight of a raft, am he was assisted on to it by a steward. IVi< were twelve on it altogether, Iml afl<' it, was overturned one poor follow who could not swim, failed to get back. Twice thev saw the captain on his ovmturned boat, holding a steward, who had a damaged hand. The ram v,.i> descending in sheets, a'nd the waves were twisting tire raft about as if it was a feather. They drifted o„ before Ihe (.ale, and were near the white boat (..hi first boat lowered, and full of women anil children) wl(en a big wave SWiUlt'Kll

it. ami nil on board of it weio .1 0,,nThe raft wns ui.scl, ills.;, but. 11, cloven occupants i'» struggled back. Tlu-v saw the captain oiico mole. Ib . vis' still lielping tin' injured stowmd. eoul.l hoar lb'' liowlinu of Hie ,vin,L mill I In- roar nf tbo s » Tf them. All kimls ol wreckage W' ls I "' ll At olio time lb'' raft got •-» "'M l,rilu. ca stain's bout thnt it was do oiilod to try to trnnsfiir tlio lo t |„. raft, but the raft overturned at tin,ta"e. Again tlio eleven all inu.iiufr.'.l to scramble back. They were fortunate in dndßinj! lb.' ooUyfcin Jr l; : s ~,1 inshore, and a I.IR ' roll.- "i.U\y landod tlio raft V.gh up "" the bomi i. 1t,1,in,1 tlioni .anu* the captain. und Ui first thing In- said, sadly, as bo join.'. U """ W :! S ,'. VIC U)ST MY MAN." hlld bee,, wash,,l away from Iho ~,p-tllill's tllill ' s irrasp when only fifty yards »"» .\l.ore. It was 2 a.m. when be lamb,l on « strip nf tarl. I feet Wide lietw.'.'a the water and tin., base of a steep. clilV. ]

Till-: lU.-I''.VCEl> BOATS. CAI'SIZEDraTTUE KUOT. A TEIUUMJi mtUl'l' I'W l-U-'k. A PATHETIC INCIDENT. Wellington, V'ebrmtvy IS. it is believed from their position that tin- Hi roe boats were intact null! « into the M.rf oul"by' UuTappoarant.i of Hie bodies. Do ul bodies do not, bruise, but iuj.nl all Ihe corpses are mueh aluiutl thu head and lace, and m sonn eovered with blood, snowing, «l u ■ . stern light (or lite W«t -«™ tik j* lilace in the dark b»nvs «t tl at I night, lh '' ',Tio'snore, stand np lite need e, al" ■r „ m ' Although yesL'id.i\ • stonny, mniib"is of l' 00 1"' 1 £ nvi>r the I'oU'd) countiVj eith . < n -elisor to l„ul a luuid. S|-ialy » M ' liori ,' i n'onf,. Troopers Imiiis and (j.inli.i , ',U day on Saturday pulling bodies oat „[ (lie sur'- . . ... happened on l il( °T l *f ml ' lifted a blanket fron. hoaeli. A seMK'He, mi." •> . ;lu( the I'aee of a ' s land-' ihf one he wauled, but a nu i bv exelainiod, " Viy.l'.-- m.V

HHUOJC tiXKWAUDIiSSKS. TIIK FATE OK"TUK KIItST «»- v C. A MWIiIUSKT VIiKSION. Yorsu .JI.AIUIIKO COL'I'MJ-S VATI Wellington February !■>• ]:.)t.h stewardesses, Mp. • w,sr®„ui blankets nml wrapl"'d U »" j, C fill," «™i <•<•"«« the Duly t'V'-"" 1 " ; ; I Wi> in similar terms of Mrs . 1 ' •»«" sit is. «■ -There were roughly f"; 1 ' „ ,l children to tin- bout thirty women a « <•' lv ,v>ninV si<|. w .hi<-l, crushed n,t<, the I 1."" " wll , and '-i<>k- ' Un '': w ,.'throw s^ViU~;£™r ',m,. uu ,[ Mrs. Hub', were chn„ skylight x -I"! 1 ' ™ ~l° t ' " C rtnl u- mnsl have .one under when the boilers burst a:„l tor. the vessel in liuU. FliAUVT'tj WKATilKKtmni'iimuw HOOD WORK. OX THE SPOT IN TIME. Telirnary tf. The. lirst f. reach U,« sce«o «l .vreek were Hathm hands f """ J! uin's sliition. Sothicvwas h,t tbev could not see mi> dist-uie - J iml had keep "Wf'i'i 1 ,„ r .i. nil], one [mother. Ilie\ A iiikc <•»«»!«? ". bu " h lu ' ftpv | ncin tliat a woman alid » W wer ° i nnrisoneil under a boat, They found .1 Upturned in tlw suit Tbc men are!

)f opinion that they only just arrived in time, or .Mrs. Hmmun and Matthews would have been drowned. These men at ouce started pulling out Uii> bodios, and see.ured thirteen. They \veiv up to their waists in water, and they state that, th.'y could not nave persevered with tile work had tliev not found souu! hollies of hrundy on tile beach, which kept oir the colli and cramp.