WRECK OF THE CLYDE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 8

WRECK OF THE CLYDE.

AT THE MACQUARIES. §. ■ ,' Details are to hand concerning fify. 4 wreck at the Macquarie Islands of tp ' $ schooner Clyde, which left | couple of months ago to get oil from tnl ;» JMacquaries. The Toroa arrived .back «,"'' I Melbourne last Thursday morning frojHJ£ Macquarie Island, whither she the remaining members of the Mawso®" expedition, coal, and stores. She had offi; board the crew of the Clyde, belonginm.. , to Mr. J. Hatch, lessee of Macquarie JUL land, which was driven ashore there OMi;.' November 14th, and became a wreck. 'Jb' The Clyde, a topsail schooner of Metons, left' Wellington on September 23i$|S. for the island. She landed her «*r^s; ; : and took in a number of casks of and penguin oil, which had been Ww}.'-., ready by the men stationed on the i|K&;. ; j land. She then moved round to tJJMSgf, north-eastern coast to complete loadinjl|E." and was lying off the shore in the opej|ffi; roadstead. Early on the morning of tIW; 14th a strong easterly gale sprang u;j§|| and the vessel's cable parted, and ehlifwent ashore broadside on. ■ 'S?, The second mate said that they we»B, 1 not all asleep at, the time. The *weH|| ' I lifted the schooner over the outer reef SK' I rocks, and she struck broadside on <ft;i the rock shelf. The crew got out tf|if'-, boat on the leeward side, and all gfp|.,safely ashore. There was a fairly sea running at the time, and the ves*.*.* ■ partially broke up. Next morning tfc; ' sea went down, and when the tide out a good deal of the crew's perwralfe effects, provisions, and cargo were recow' ered. Two of the erew lost all their 'b# ■ longings, and others lost part of theaffi The names of those on the Clyde we**' ■ Captain W. Smith, J. S. Duncan, firafc 1 mate; Cecil Way, second mate; J. W.*;. Beverage, cook and steward; G. Sask, fljjl;-, W. Backenson, and Arthur Nillc, A.B.'slsi and T. Wellen, O.S. . ':% . Enough provisions was saved from tha'fr wreck to mantain the crew, along with. 1 ;'-' seals and other fresh meat, afforded lgr \-. "■ the island, and the shipwrecked men re*'; mained there with the sealing gang em* . ployed by Hatch until the opportunity! v came of getting away by the Toroa> : , Had it not been for the Antarctic expedt- ! '■ tion, they would probably have had'to remain on the island until a special'"" •. vessel was sent to look for them. five members of the lessee's sealing'. , gang, Baner (head man), Livingstone, W.' 1 , Pearce, F. Vincent, and J. Eady, who were to have left !by the Clyde, oteor r| came up with the Toroa. The Clyde ,? makes the third vessel which Hatch has A lost at Macquarie Island. The schooner '; Gratitude was lost thirteen years ago; ■'•', and the Jesse Niccol went ashore about I • four miles from the spot where the Clyde, was wrecked' a little over a year ago. Jln the latter case the mate and two . j members of the crew were drowned.

An inquiry into the loss of the Clyde • was to be held in Hobart probably at the beginning of this week. Mr. Hatch ': has been advised of the loss of the -ves- - Bel, and was expected to arrive from Invercargill by the next New Zealand boat. The Toroa brought up 61 tons of sea elephant oil, which was to have gone by the Clyde, and this will be forwarded to New Zealand. The Toroa only stayed a few hours, and, after landing Mr. Eitel, secretary of the Mawson expedition, went to Launceston.