TEAGEDY OF THE SEA.
WRECK OF THE ST. PAUL
DISASTER SODDEN AND OVERWHELMING.
NATIVE BOY'S HSRUISM.
By TekSfrapli—Press AeeocMien-CopyrigH syariay, jiareii 28. Further particulate ot mo disaster to till© l''re;icti summer fct, -Jfynl, tfliieii striicK a rock ott ate incntji or tn« .Brisbane J&rra , , ami jwiiaered almost immediately, <W Hveis ueuig los*, are to iiuiid.
Alter signalling Caps Moretea for a pilot, the- captaiu of wie iSt. L'ml. atotf* ml down, ami wliiiii awaiting tiio plot t»e' steamer strucJf Urn- icuk, rijjping gtf tlio upjitrfl starboard plates, 'ilia vessel filled rapidly anil Siuifc wit-Mil fowl , minutes, liio MBit died a heroic death.
Xit(j captain made desperate efforts to. isavo ikrs. Cartel , and Jitr niece, and siiGpqodqd in reaching tjie eiiilclj piquing her in a beat. Mo iflen wuiit buloiv t,y help file iiiato and was ■ never seen agaifi; it is bolieved ijlrs, Carter and the others below had no ti'in-o W eseapo (roiii tjioir cabins.
Tfio B'iiiet offieer states that the foundering -ft-as so suddea tilat there was IJ.Q tiiiio to lower » boat, aKliough an effort was m»cl.&, ; «
Uα was .just a.l»ut to return t<j the captain oil the b-rietgo- when he i'omid himself in the ivater, Hβ waf twice β-msked uu.dvjr in tlje vartex. Cojniiig to tfie surface lie grabbed , a hatch anil was oventUEtHy reissued; by ijio- pilot boat. the scene of tho wr-Mt is mfcste.d frith sharks. SURVIVOR'S PATHETIC STORY. Sydney, March 528. A sirrvivw itfit& to Sic. I'aW.t gives ft pa-thetie description of the -bravery oi si aiative boy. Wiieft it was founq impossible- to tourer a boat the .captain Muded ■ &q chili to tiio bp.y 4 wile- ijeroicaUy at* tempteil to fuffil 'ju» trust. Ai-tenvards lie was seen hi the water, With-the child- eta-sped iftJlis arms, b.at» tiing aghast tli.6 waves. ite was then lost sight'of, fca\ing giyeu hj'3 1-ii'o rttlier than desert tile CJUJIJ. ...
Mrs. Carter's h,usband is a . inking dhernist at New Caledonia.
Shipping n'i.eu eonsi-ifor that tho ca.p-taj-ft <« tlto: §t. Paul tad very littlo knowledge- of the loe.alily, They are Gf -opinion, that the wck should be- lighted. It is the. same spot where the Waipafa stew* ill Hit)!).
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2110, 30 March 1914, Page 5
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357TEAGEDY OF THE SEA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2110, 30 March 1914, Page 5
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