BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
The narrative of a shipwreck, which reminds us of the heroes of ocean adventures depicted in romance, has come by the last mail. Six sailorß, being part of the crew of an iron clipper ship, the Mercurius, which had visited Sydney and San Francisco, and was on her return to England, have jnst reached Liverpool, and told a wondrous tale of suffering, privation, resource, and heroism. The ship struck on a coral reef in latitude 3 deg. '52 min. S., longitude 33 deg. 20 min. W., and almost instantly went down. Of twenty-two men on board only six saved themselves, by swimming about for two hours till the tide fell and they were able to get a footing on the eterilo waste. Here, befriended by a few scattered relics of former wrecks, they contrived to exist, amid horrors unspeakable, fifty-one dreadful days when they attracted the attention of a passing vessel, were rescued, and brought to Liverpool.
ARRIVALS. Picton.—Oct. 4—i'hoebe, from Wellington. Lyttelton.—Oct. 4—Gothenburg, from Dunedin. Nelson.—Oct. 4—Phoebe, from Picton. DEPARTURES. Nelson.—Oct. s—Phoebe, for Auckland. Lyttelton.—Oct. 4 Gothenburg, for Wellington.
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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 720, 6 October 1870, Page 2
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183BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 720, 6 October 1870, Page 2
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