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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1931, 12 March 1875, Page 2

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Bi/utf, Thursday evening. The s.s. Albion, which arrived; Uiere this afternoon, brings r full particulars of; the loss of tfye Gothenburg.* '•» »3 Passengers — Saloon : Mrs Wright, Messrs Baker, Wright, Frances Fulton, NeiUGooit, Inder, Christopher, Herbert-j son, Miss Fanner, 35 in the steerage, and 250 tons of cargo. ' • : "

■n' Melbourne, March 6.

After three days of painful*-suspense/ news was received in Melbpurne at an early hour this morning as*t6 the ultimate fate of the s.s. Gothenburg's passengers. y Only 22 of the crew reached Port" Denison. The remainder of; those oh board, numbering some 95 in in all, have perished. It has transpired that on that fatal night of the 24th February, when all hope of, saving the vessel was aban-, doned, and; the boats were ordered to be got ready, then there .was a rush, and in the heavy sea.they capsized.;. A. few men got away in the life boat, which was I damaged, and they are still missing. Three men were picked up off Holborn Island, where they had. been subsisting | on sea birds and shellfish. The drowned include Judge Wearing, his associate, and the Crown Solicitor, Hon. T. Eeynoldsi Dr ? Milner, Mr Wells (editor, of the Northern Territory Times), and a number of women and children. The tale is a sad one, and will, bring grief to many a home. The cfiptoin and officers are all drowned with the engineers, The s.s. Normanby threw over a portion of her cargo.

The schooner Kate Conley was stranded, but the crew rescued. At a public meeting of merchants a resolution. ? was I passed ,•■ in - iajor i,of the establisment ota harbori triisti ? ■ / The Odd Fellows' Hall at Belfast was burned down by the freak of drunken men kicking over a kerosene lamp during a ventf iloquits's entertainment. - Dr Buller, of New Zealand, has been created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Afire occurred at Albury veslerday, and a man named Charles ifenry was burned to death. Schofield'? wool washing establishment at Portland has been* burned, and 100 bales wool destroyed. : . Arrived: 4th, Zephyr, from Greyi mouth. ■ ; Wheat is 4s 7|d; bottled ale has advanced to lid ; raisins are in demand at an advance.

Florence Bassett, a promising contralto,' died last night from cob sumption. { SHiPPiNG.~l^ewcastle: arrived, 2vl<\) Alarjn, brig,* from^ttelton \ 4th, Wi Giffbrd, from Timaru. Sailed : 4th, Seaj-* gulj,, for]3ayttelton.-r-Sydney : arrived : sth!,; Mary x Webster, schooner, from Auckland. /r \ Mr and Mrs Hart, late of New Zeai land, are amongst those drowned in the Grbthenburg; : Sidney,, March 6. Arnold's !body has been found 30Q yards from his residence by the man servant who was with him at the time of the accident. Arnold finding himself sinking, tola the servant to tell his family how it happened, and then disappeared. The flbodsare subsiding. The Government call for tenders for the Califofnian service in the colonies on Monday, The Intercolonial Cricket Match resulted as follows:—Sydney, first innings, ,116, of which E. Gregory scored 66 (not out) ; Gregory, 14; Evans, 11. The rest were quickly disposed of. Seven cf the Victorian wickets went down for 44 runs. The ground very dead after the late rains.

Further Particulars of the Loss of the s.s. Gothenburg. Bbibbane, March 5. The survivors from the' Gothenburg, wrecked on the 24th February on the Barrier Beef, have "landed afc Port Denisoii. Their names are :— J. Griffiths, Richard Bills, Geo. Cover, E. B. Razel, J. Mark, W. JFacfc, J. Reynolds, Day. McAlie, Salve Ncr Magni, Wm. Burns, Joseph Hudson, Henry Nelson. The above are part of the crew. . The pavssengers saved ,are ß :;rT-Williain Thomas, Wm. Homers, James J. Campbell^ S. Andrews, if. X; Peinber, T. Cockburn, P. J. Hogan, J. Cleland, W. i Roberts, J. Fitzgerald, D. Harris. r The passengers drowned are :—JudgeWearing, Mr Pelham, Associate; Mr Whitby, Crown Solicitor; "Dr Milner, wife and family, Messrs W. Durand, Mackay,- Carwright and son, W. Floyd, W. Ester, Mr Hart and wife, Mr Nation, wife and child, Mrs Viggor, Mr Hunt and wife, Mr and Mrs Cox and family, Mr Shoobridge, Messrs R. McEnight, S. Leeser," J. King, J. Pring, John j. MacCarthy, ■•-.,' J. Mitchell, — Wells (editor Northern Territory Times), T. Sims,,Cameron, Badford, W. Farnall, J. Kejin, Wm. Qouldcr and son, W. Lees?den,;'Mcliean, Stone, C. Peters, C. Cleve, J. Grain, H. Hassaft, Graham, H. Sarce, Thompson, Blanes, Glenister, C. Fry, j. Ifewcomb, McCalluni, Fogarty, C. Mus•grave, J. Griffiths, Mackay, -Ross, and otheis whose names are not mentioned.

There is a boat containing six or seven from ; !the; wreck not picked up 'ytjt.;'- >^he names of them are^not known. A boat is in search of them still.

The following just .been received from the Harbqurmastei- ; at"Port Deriison:—All hands are known to be drowned except 22 brought in here/arid about seven men who drifted away in the lifeboat. The s.s. Bunyip has searched the island to the leeward seeking the missing boat, but has been xinsuccessful. She has now gone towards the wreck. , The other boats : went in search, and have returned. unsuccessful. ; >

The following has been received via Rockhampton from Mr Mackay :—" The boats picked up 15 more of the GothenIpeople,, and brought them in yesterday. The Bunyip has been sent fromTownsvijle. ; There are' several men said to be adrift somewhere in a damaged lifeboat, and three on Holbocn Island. These latter will be brought on to-day. It is ifeared that^few, if any more will be heard of.'' ;

The Townsville agent sends the following :-f- 4'J[ have just come into PprtX>«iison in the steamer Bunyip, chartered, by the [Government to search for the survivors from the wreck of the steamer Gothenburg. We picked up three men off Holborn Island. They report that the: Gothenburg -struck the reef when under;all sail and at full speed. ■ ?The captain lightened the ship forward by -filling casks, and she swung off and came broadside on to the reef. Two boats were lowered, with four men in each, but the sea was too heavy to keep them alongside, and they went astern, when they broke adrift and reached Hoiborn Island^ where they were found. The four men who had been driven away in the' jpbrfc-quarter' btiabp- Which was smashed/-;lived.-on* sea-birds'-"eggs and shellfish. They all then went off towards Bowen except three, J. J. Fitzgerald, David Whyte, and William Boberts." The vessel'dnally settled down in three fathoms of water. The two quarter boats were capsized by a rush of passengers. The last time the lifeboat was seen she was driven to the east of the reef. Her stern split when some men were in her. Fourteen men were clinging to'the masts till Friday, whpn they succeeded in righting one of the capsized boats, and the men are now rescued by the Bunyip. There is no news yet of the rest. All the officers, stewards, and engineers are sup^ posed to be lost. The Adelaide mail bag is lost, but the Sydney mail is saved. Adedaide, Friday. Mr Todd interrogated Burns, one of the men rescued from the Gothenburg by telegraph this morning. He states that there was no confnsion on board, and that everything was done in order. Up to 11 the captain entertained hopes of getting the steamer off, but, after that time preparations were made to supply the boats with provisions, tarpaulins, &c. -No attempt was made to construct a :raft. The chief mate of the Leichardt says that when they visited the wreck everything betokened' that the passengers and the crew had left in the boats.