Escape from Foundering of the s.s. Albion.
(Peb Pbess Association.)
Wellington, Yesterday. The steamer Albion,, from Sydney, about which some anxiety has been expressed, arrived here at 3.30 this afternoon.
The Albion left Sydney on the 2nd June, and bad fine weather until the 6th, when a heavy sea from the north-east was ex' perienced, during which the vessel labored heavily. On Saturday, the 7th inst., the pumps were sounded, and 10 inches of water found in the forehold, and 2 feet in the afterhold. It was also discovered that all the pumps were completely choked, and would not work. At 4 o'clock the ssme afternoon all hands commenced baling with buckets, but the water still gained, and at 7 pm. all the fires went out, and the steamer was hove to under canvas, On Monday, the 9th, the weather moderated, , and the water in the hold was considerably reduced. During the afternoon of the 9th the fires were re-ligh!ed, and the course resumed with one boiler, arriving as above. On Sunday, the Bth, the boatswain, A. B. Proud, was seriously injured by being dragged round the barrel of the steam winch, and his wounds terminated fatally. The unfortunate man was buried next day,
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4813, 12 June 1884, Page 3
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204Escape from Foundering of the s.s. Albion. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4813, 12 June 1884, Page 3
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