WRECK OF AWEMIG'JAM'tf.MP AT FAIR ISLE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 29 August 1868, Page 3

WRECK OF AWEMIG'JAM'tf.MP AT FAIR ISLE.

On Saturday morning, th'>j 23rd — '„ 'i .nil •• 1 unity happened at K.iir Ljlo, a am v! I 'a - nl I ing betwe>ntherOi'ki.er'asid'SAt!tlaii:ii > ."S'-d c lu-jta.ihslii,-), 0a115.1,t!i" L*,£iitt?, Uouvl from ifieue Ito Now Yo>k, with 20 sailors nn-l • 4£s* passengers ou bjCiu!, 1 " ran a«h< re\ on- tha -')je.!p Cniig, where tho roili's nro highest) .sh I got fiud in a litilt! creak,* *' g'jo "us it is ' (•ailed, where the rqpka towered fur above- tho mists of the ship. Therd was cdflEiderabla \ fog at tin time, and the island was unobaerroil «■ until tho unfortunate ship was just on it. The violence of the nolhVion broke tho back of tho ship, and at the same time aroused tha poor passengers, most of whom wore in their berths asleep. The sea rushed in, and almost; immediately those on the lower deck had 'to has! en above to aavo themselves from drovrt.inj. Tue Cuptaiu got out hh boat, proceeded to the foot of die rock, and Bcramblcd up live face of ii to survey the sane of hi* disaster. Meanwhile tha islanders had become aw.ire of what had happened, and did their utmo3t to save the lives of the unfortunate passengers. Indeed, a great deal of courage and kindness liaj been shown by there poor inlanders to their unexpected guests. As the ship could not be approached from tha sea, the only practicable, mode o£ procedure was to take their little boats intoa cavera which passed through the rock* and opened into the creek where, the Bhip lay. Taking then- living cargoes of men, wom6n, and children aboard, the islanders had to watch for an interval in tlis waves to pas* through tho cavern, cbe th«ir frail boats would have been swainpi-d by the tide dashing against the rock. Then proceeding onwards to a part of the rock which was emoothei, and not so jagged, the whole party — passengers and sailors included — were drawn up the faca of the cliff, and safely lan Je3. . The children ware tiod on the back* of iaen, and so they made the ascent. Several hours were tha* occupied ; and as soon as tha weather permitted, a boat left the island with the matu on board, which arrived safely ut Sumburgh..!' Intelligence of the wreck reached Lerwiek 011 Tuesday of last week. A schooner -was immediately provisioned aud despatched to tho island ; but up till Monday, when, the mair left Lerwiek, had only been able to make two trips, the wind being contrury. In these tw.o trips, nearly 400 emigrants were landed at Lerwiek, and the schooner had returned to Fair Islo to bring off tho remainder of t hepassengers and the crow. Mr. John Bruce, son. of the propraetor of the island ; M= . Gatherer, tho receivor of wreck j Mr. Stag >. the chief boatman of the Cost-guard; ana llr. Boberfcson, tho chief-clark of Lloyd's agents at Lerwick, also proceeded to the island, and were able to render material a.- •- sistance to the captain of the ship. Tho addition of nearly five hundred persons to tho population of Lcrwtck, which is already-over-crowded, is necessarily rather a seriom matter. The accommodation, it may beeasily imagined, is limited J*nud us these pcorpersons v eseaped for the moat part only with* the olothes they wore at the tune, and arewithout change of clothiug. bedding, or 101-clothes,l olclothes, and have suffered from exposure, therisk of contagious disease appearing among them isn ot slight. They have been received into part of the court-house and prison; and tyro apartments in the fort, and some storehouses have been cleared out for them. Many of them are destitute, especially women and children.

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