WRECK OF THE SURPRISE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 177, 26 July 1907, Page 4

WRECK OF THE SURPRISE.

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Mr Jas_ McGregor, of Ohm '■„+•* place Harry Jac_S_/ t _e 2&&J& T w „ he Bcbw Sur Pri_e> W and shelter says:_«l saw chored off the Slipper oh' ____£ mornmg and passed the must be a stranger, because she Sg'S'' anchored in the southerlyhay attiSper. Jackson was in,._ verywea_f& dazed condition. ' his hands and arms were bemr__££__7 rigid from his _£ ' bmbs were alLscm__ J^j ;^i Uen ;:g bruised Some of my family ___■' __~ first, andthey w«ade_e__l man wandering about. We in, oned and clothed him, and Tanker at daylight on could see no sign of the scow' and S she might have gone to Mercury W& shelter. I was at Wharekawa on Mo__! when my son came oyer and a ship was wrecked. The s_lo. x wir_ my place on my arriving home. I fom_ that the seaman Harry Ja<__4l__ T° m asil, I rubbed his limbs, and he coU,w ßed . °u£ gether ma chair and was unauJto.mbT We put him to bed and after circ__tW had returned, his wounds started to bleed He has now considerably improved. _* will be able to get about ma _« «tw_ Immediately after Jacksoh wai a_n__£I went out with a search party, but_*_v_ to the rough sea I was unable'to _^_ : the wreck I accordingly went out '__-&, ',-. light next morning .with tine _enMfot could only discover the shattered~re__i_,> of the scow, and the search fa_edV_. veal any bodies. It seems _creaiU e :__it' any person could go /through such •_;__.' rible ordeal and still be"alive.":: " ■ •-: ZcF' • - ' '-"-■■- ./-.'...