ENGLAND'S GLORY.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 152, 28 June 1924, Page 17

ENGLAND'S GLORY.

i WRECKED AT THE BLUFF. AFTER AN ANXIOUS VOYAGE. (By HKXRY BRKTT.I N( \ I. j i . : The full-rigged iron >l.ip KujjlandV J (ilory was (i ve-..-el of 7~>r ton/, built Iby i'ile uf Sunderlanrl. in lsiv.i. for; I Mr. K. 11. Moon, of London. She was I chartered by ;hr New Zealand Shipping, Company and completed two voyages to. I New Kphliiiiil. On her third, in issl. she became ;< total wreck at the Blun". The year i laftor the Clory was h-.unched ishe came to l' ( ,ii (halniers. iv command |of Captain Mr She sailed finally I from the l.i/ard on .Illue i*l_ IS7O. and I made a fast run to the Ivpialor. which was crowd on July 17. The (ape was passed on August 17. and the Snares sijsJited on September 1 (i. I'nfavourable I 'weather detained her on the const, and she did nol reach Port Chalmers until the 'JUt. The passage occupied X 7 days, land to land, or !>:i to port. In I S7>; the .Kiiglantls (ilory sailed from London for Auckland and experienced a fair weather passage. She left (iraveaend on April lit. in command of I Captain Knight, and getting a pood start. j made the run to the Ivjiiator in "J") days,

or ±2 from the Lizard. A- t lie S.K. trades proved unfavourable, the meridian <d' the tape was not crossed until June ii:). 1 hence to Tasmania strong X'.X.W. winds prevailed, and (ape Maria was sighted on July s>. Light SAW winds were met with on the coast, and the vessel arrived at Auckland on August fi, having made the passage in 08 days, port to port. V 5t .,. A Trying Passage. • ••-■' ' The third passage of tlit* KllfjlandV Glory to New Zealand was an unlucky one. and ended in the total loss of ilie vessel at the Blurt". This was in ISSI. by which time the vc>sel was rigged as a barque, and was registered at I'adstow. Cornwall. Loaded with .'(SO tons of railway iron and general cargo, she left London on May 1(1 for Kelson and Bluff, Captain Knight being her commander. Captain J. Bullous, who for a number of years lias been in command of the New Zealand Government steamer Tulanekai. was a seaman on the Kngland's Cilory when she made her Ihsi passage, and he has kindly supplied me-with particulars about it. ■When off the Cape of (iood Hope," write* Captain Bollons. ■'the iron began lo work and shift: it was therefore necessary to jettison general cargo out of the main hold ill order to reach the iron. Kndeavours were made 10 secure the iron by means of toms. which were made from spare spars and stunsail booms; these were wedged between the "tween dock beams and the top of the iron, hut 1 hoy failed to >teaily the mass, and seeing the vessel could not lie made seaworthy or safe, in view of the toms not holding, the vessel bore away for Mauritius, where the cargo wa- discharged and resumed. After three weeks" delay the vox*" I then left for Kelson. where pan of the cargo was discharged. afler which she sailed for the Bluff, to which port the iron was consigned. A Total Wreck. "After leaving Kelson very bad weather was met with on the Wot Coast, and the vessel was hove-to during the gale. The iron again shifted, carrying

nway thr midi-hip stanchions as it rolled | from i-ide to side. As there was grave danger tlie ship was pin before the wind and a run made for Fovpaux Straits, where she was brought up at! midnight under Stewart Island—a! Mack and dirty night it was too. After 1 leaving Stewart Island for the Bluff the vessel struck the rocks at the south-west point of Bluff and became a total wreck. The boats were hove out of the skids, and the oiliccrs and crew landed in wifely at the Bluff in November. 1881. after a voyage of six months."

with the starboard anchor. She con- ! tinued to drag this anchor, and the j chain, which had broken from the swivel, (was being hauled in, when at 7 p.m. she parted from her anchor, her head canting inshore. Sail was sot, but In no ptir- ' nose. . . . After this she heeled over to starboard, and the sens U - Pn t ('loan iiviu- her. Her deck was -onn s;o\e in. her masts went, and the sea fame , through her bilge, washing nui the wool, Jof which there were over :ill)ll bales on j board. During this time tin , crew were 'clustered on the upper or shore side of the forecastle. Captain Culbert hail barely time to crawl forward bet'.,re tho after part of the ship pave way. He was seen holding Mrs. linker, a pas-enuer, whose two boys, aped I luce and live, years respectively, were drowned in HIR forecastle, where their mother had pub , them for shelter and safety. During thi* time lines were being procured with thn view of getting one on board, but thn sea was so terrific that no person dared ' rent tiro sulliciemly near the ye.-.-el for the purpose, the '"drawbw-k" and piei-ea of the broken spars rendering it a service of great danger. Several persons i having failed, a sailor fastened a line round his body, and took in hU hand a line with a weight attached f'i the end. He ventured into the surf and made three unsuccessful attempt-. If there had heen daylight the last throw would have been successful, for llio weight struck amongst the people on the ship, but through the darkness they did not see the line, and they did not, know what was being tried Until they

l.parrl the blow of the weigiit on Ilia I ship's side. After tlie throw referred to llie sailor was knocked down liy a sea. or by a floating hale of wool. and. ihe was with difficulty hauled on shore. IHe was so exhausted that he was not ' again able to essay such an attempt. The" crew were now hailed to hold on as the--1 t!de was receding. About 10 p.m. a surf- ' boat man, Duncan Young, succeeded in getting on board with a rope, one end of which was fastened on board, and tlm other held by people on shore. Jt beinfC now nearly low water the whole of those on board were passed safely ashore. Shortly after the vessel struck, Mr. Stevens.' the chief officer, fell, or was washed oft" the forecastle. He was about for some time in the surf, and was then thrown on the beach, and was saved. A seaman was saved in a similar manner. One man who jumped ovprbe.ard was la.-i seen clinging to a bal" of wool outside the line of surf. Brouks and I'etrie. two seamen, were the only ones of the crew lost: and the other two 1 sufferers were the children of Mrs. Baker. Several of the crew were injured Inil ii"t seriously. The wreck of the Star of Tasmania was sold for £40, and the wool for £I:iUM to a company at Oamai'ii. ,! During the same sale the ships Water Nymph and the schooner Otago were J wrecked. The records of the Star of Tasmania were:—----TO PORT CHALMERS.

Sailed. Arrived. I'aptain. Pay-'. July js. Tij Aug. 17, i'.:i Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. . I. Tii Ulllbei-t 99 . -I-:, T.:i I'.ulbert 9S I Land to land ,m; 10, '!', -,' ihilbert 97 7. 'i'..", | Culberi 32 ' Land lo land s i 1 I. 'i'.i'i ! Eulbert 92 | Land io land so 1 I. 'i".7 ; ihllbett 95 I I I July l l, 'rt i j.„„y :. ',, July 1 i. v,ii July 1 I. '07