GREY RIVER.

West Coast Times, Issue 132, 19 February 1866, Page 2

GREY RIVER.

maw watrr. Monday .. 12.59 a.m. .. 1.23 p.m. .. — ~ ■» . . Loss op the Hki.kn DouaiMss.— Deposition of Ja'inc^ Campbell, steward, nnd Charles Lamborn, A.B.:~"Tho Helen Douglass loft this port for Singapore on or about the 18th September. All went well until Wednesday, the 22nd September. ;it 9 p.m., when it was found thnt tho mud nnd sln'nglo ballast was shifting ; all hands went below and shifted sails from between decks to port sido of lower hold. It had been blowing a gale nnd the vessel wns hove to ; tried to wear ship, but found she would not answer licr helm ; tiirrj llie pumps, bn* could ant no water ; twelve noon vessel liegnn to heel over fearfully, nnd hnd to pass ropes fore nnd aft to get along the deck ; no attempt was made to shift the bnllnst. 1 p.m , up to this time nil hands employed fii getting tho boats ready to leave 'the ship. Cut nway the mizcn-imst. 3 p.m., launched tin? long-boat, but slip was dashed to pieces alongwdc, not being nble to get her clear of tho ship. The captain then told the" crew that the.) had better remain by the ship, ns both vind and current were drifting her townr-ls the land, which he supposed to bo in tho vicinity of Kuhcliau, and about twenty-one miles distant. At about 0 p in. blip heeled over fearfully ; nil bands got inlo the port mixen chains, when tho vo« r <pl capsized, nnd wp wore all thrown into tho v.nter. When wo reached the surface, fix of us including the captain, got on lo a pieco of Iho wreck ; two suddenly dNappenrod. We saw four others on tho icmuina of one of the boa's, and afterwards the sailmaker on a ladder. The captain askc.l him if ho had seen the mate or any of tho crew, and bo said no. During the night wo were all washed off several times. In the n.orning, ono of the men fell off, and wo saw him drowned. We also saw the land alsuniiso. Tlio wreck we were on was breaking up, and tho captaiu said he would swim to a ladder wlr'ch ho haw a little distance oft. He readied it, and wo saw him standing on it. We also saw one of the crow on another ladder, who buid that .the cook nnd an apprentice had been drowned. On Saturday mowing tffc were picked up by a Chincso bont, and treated very well while on board. Tlioy took us to on island named Chitiong. Horo we saw another Chinese boat that was.bound for Nin&po, aod wo asked for a passage, ono of tlio Chinamen on board being able to speak a littlo English, They kindly took U3 to Ningpo, whore wo arrived QU tlffl 81st Oqlolier, having been two days am}

two nights on the tuft, and iho remainder on board tho Chinese bouts. Wo believe everyone else belonging to tho vessel have been lost. (Signed) Jamks Campbeli,, X his mark, Ciiaut.i'.i Lamuohn. Taken before mo nt H.B.Al.'s Consulate, on the 2nd day of Novomber, 1805. (Signed) Jans Maiikam. — China Trade Report, Deoomher Ist.