LATER PARTICULARS.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7142, 1 September 1888, Page 5

LATER PARTICULARS.

WELIINGTON, Aug. 3.1 (Evening). Great excitement was occasioned in town this ir«*mM"g on receipt of the news of the ' wreck of the schooner Colonist outside _« Heads, and quite a gloom was cast over the city when it was learnt that three of crew — the __rfortunate vessel had perish gift. It appears that the Colonist, a schooner of 43 tons register, owned by E. and T. I—yiey> and under the command of Captain Bayley (part owner), leift Lyttelton with a cargo of produce for Waitara on Wednesday morning last. AH went well until the vessel was off Cape Campbell, and then heavy southerly weather was experienced, during which the schooner lost her rudder. Tbe captain them -endeavored to make for Wellington to repair damage, but, finding himself drifting on a lee shore in the neighborhood of Lyell's Bay, the anchor was drqpped. This held for a time, but .the increasing wind and sea had. its effect, and the vessel commenced to dragsWrewa—S. Sail was at once put on the schooner, swit— «. view of weathering the •reef, but it was too late, and the vessel gradually drifted on to the rocks near the cdd pilot station. Immediately the vessel struck the mast went by the board, and within a few seconds the hull was torn to pieces, and was to be seen from shore but floating wreckage. The Colonist sfci—sk the rocks about 11 o'ol—k this —orning, but a couple of hours before this Captain Sinclair, of the steamer Tarawera, from Lyttelton, when nea-ing Wellington heads, noticed signals of distress flying fropi the schooner, and he made praiseworthy efforts to render assipbs__.ee to the disabled vessel, but owing to her close pr_amity to the shore nothing could be done. The Tarar__ came on to Wellington and reported the wreck. Those on board were Charles Bayley "(master), Chas. burns, A.8., a man known as •-like/ and another whose name ie not known, who was working his passage. (This last mentioned person had bean working as a potter in Dunedin, whore he had lived for some years past with his wife and family/ Captain Bayley when the vossal -truck had made a determined effort to swim to shore, but missed a line thrown to him by a fisherman oh the beach, and was dashed against the ro_qks. I_e breathed for a lew minutes .after being washed 3£hore. The body has been brought to town. Captain Bayley leaves a wife aad family, who reside at Waitara. ; The _—vivor jumped overboard before the vessel struck, and after swimming -about KlOyds he clambered on to a rock, $!9'j» -Which he wasresc—d by jneauß of a line "passed out to hhn by the.people on shore. The mm was considerably knocked about when be was brought to shore, and there was ft great cut on his temple, but he had net lest -Onsoiousness, although somewhat dazed. The other people on board did not care to follow hi 3 example by jumping overboard, otherwise they might have saved themselves. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug_t3l. Captain Bayley, half-owner of the wrecked Colonist, was about forty-five to fifty years of age- He leaves a wife and family of four, _ildrei_» who are at Waitara. The eldest child is a boy of fift—n years. Our Lyttelton corr_spondant writes:— The schooner Colonist left Lyttelton on Wednesday evening last for waitara, with a cargo of 520"sacks flour, £_ sacks wheat and 50 sacks oats. The vessel was _un___ed. Captain Bayley leaves a wife and family at Waitara. The names of the <araw besides the captain were M. Jones and J). Dublen. As stated above, there was also a fourth man on board. Captain B. A. Bayley was very well known in Port, and carrifid the esteem of all wrtfa whom he associated. Be bought the schooner Colohist some three years ago, and ever since been in con-mand, _— traded between Waitara and the Port.