WRECK OF A KETCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 272, 14 November 1903, Page 5

WRECK OF A KETCH.

O OP THE CREW DROWNED

SYDNEY, November 13,

the ketch fSir George has been Avreck«t near Port Macquarie. Two of the crew were drowned, but the remainder are safe.

the Sir George, a wooden vessel of j* tons, and belonging to Messrs. John Aboard and Son, of Sydney, was timber JMen from Port Macquarie. to Sydney. A gale drove her to tbe north, and when on knioky Cape lighthouse a heavy sea s "'Uck her, and carried away the rudW * h _ el > and bulwarks. Captain Lind"g cr and two seamen, at the wheel, were washed overboard. The captain and one "■an, who were entangled in the wreck * e '. managed to get back on board ••Sam. Both were injured. The othei ™n was not seen again. Tbe captain "owid the injured man to a davit, but subsequently heaving seas breaking ™°ard washed him overboard. The ketch oecame unmanageable and drifted on ™ c rocks a mile from the lighthouse ne captain was twice again washed overboard, and the last time landed on £? r °? ks and was rescued by tbe light-"ouse-keepers, who also assisted with ° eat danger in rescuing the three othei JJ ,en comprising tlie crew, after five ■°urs clinging to the' rigging. Tbe ames of the two men drowned are heaved to be F. P epp in and J. Olsen. The t' Ue °rge was insured in the National So* 06 Com P ail y' Df New Zealand for