SOUTHWARD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 367, 24 June 1874, Page 6

SOUTHWARD.

The old City of Melbourne, steamer, ran ashore at the southern end of the east shore of the island in the year 1851, but was 'got off, and was the only vessel excepting the Kebecca that escaped total wreck on the island: Toshow the necessity of a light being placed on the west side of the island, it may be mentioned that this part' of the coast is' exposed to the whole swell of the Western Ocean. Many captains makf this part of -the island las their landfall., It is prudent on,the part of sea captains approaching Melbourne to- make land to the westward of Cape Otway, and -thus if: a master gets out' sf'bis" reckoning, the ohanees are that he finds himself on the southern shore of the west side of Bang's Island. According to tbe chart it appears that had the captain of the British Admiral anchored when he first sighted the .island- having previously gone through the outer reef, there weuld hare- been" no .danker, the vessel would have been'' saved, and no lives- would have been lost, as there was; plenty of deep water; and any quantity of room to allow of the chain being paidLbut. The reef upon which the vessel struck, however, was . a treacherous one, Mid was probably nofekoowft-

to him. , J on the occasion of-tha wreck of the Netherby in 1866; when the Victoria and the Pharos Went 'down- to afford relief^qiha^^assengen and crew, the Victoria narrowlj eacapad running on ta the same retf, and her commander (Captain Norman) had to signal the Pharos to escape the same- danger. 1 ' \ Sine* then Captain Stanley has mad* »' sujvey of King's Island, and according to his new <Shartj the British Admiral , must hare struck about two miles distant from the shore, and'about the same distance from where the NetherbV ked. • ■ ' ' ' ' '

was wrecl

Name of Ship. Year Wrecked. Number of Lives i-ost. Isabella ' Cataraqui ... • "... Brahmin Maypole Aurora Waterwitch Netherby 1840 1843 1854 1855 1865 1866 1866 0 414 7 3 1 0 0. . NOBTHEBN PAET OF TH ISLA E WEST S] IDE OF THE Neva Rebecca, afterwards got off ..,. Loch Leven Mary Ann Ocean Bride ... - ... Elizabeth' Whißtler I 1830 j ! 300 1843 1871 . 1 1 0 . 0 0 ' 0 - - ~ I - I NORTH BKD OF THE 1 , ISU Martha Lavinia ... | CENTRE OF TH EASTERN SI JSV. 1871 | IDE OF THE 0 Europa ... ...I Armagh ' I E EAST COJ 1867 I 1868 | ti AST. 0 7