TELEGRAPHIC. Russell, Friday.
Arrivals: The wh.tle ship Ni^ci, Captain Hallet. She has taken 000 bauelsof spenn oil since leaving heie in M<iy. The speedwell from Auckland. Deputuies : The wh .lo ship ( 'ahfoinia foi a iiuiie ; Jessie .mil Onwaid lui Auckland, Policeman, foi the Thame-? ; the s s. Ion.i foi Auckland' pa-,sen^ns, Me^sis. I'.akci, H. Low, Mis. Shopheid, IMi -p. Sheaiwood, Alii l'.nkei, Mrs. \"eisey and bon, (.'. Henni--, McLevn, and se\en in the --teei il,o. A Luge steamci y is-.cd South this lnuinin^.
The Dm'ychh) H'ti vnnoN A (Iuivm Dfmj --Alottci fioiu the DUiched Squidion say-> . '"Abmit d o'clock on the inoining of July 2Stli, the dieadod ny ot ' M in o\ pi bo ml \.as heaid throughout the lL"t, .1 man having tiUunfion iloft on huuil tl'c i'(»i>. A ship mite, )>> n.iiup Thorn ,, Km, gill uitly jumped to the il>c'il, su^.i-ukd in 10 idui-g 'the fast lllOWilllJ 111 111, \%lll) ,V.l, pi.fi-c'lj lllSCll,ll)k', iinil to whcm ho 1 1 •_ 1 » i uitli tiio ten.icity of .1 hi i\c 111 in Tho Xcv.ci-tlo 1 Ling astern of the Dolls, th^ , !j in n.itiu ill;, ciiisiid .1 {jii.it di.il ot e ciio-iiciit o'i bo ml tl. it ship, and all li uuls wcie eigcil> w.ttching the teuiblc stiuggle toi life. At ki) n r tli the ])oor fellows dufted abicv-t of the Xo\\u I'-tk', and when not moie tli.in foity j mK <tit.tint tho look ot Ken, who u i--still donii; his utmost to sivo the 0H11.1, wi, Jieai ticiidiujf. (rieat del.iy was shown b) the Newcastle 111 launching .1 boit, ami as Ktn felt hi, sti distil fast le.i\nig lmn, he st'iifc up an agonising ciy of ' For God's s.iko beai a hand •' Unable any longei to be jiassne spectators, five gallant fellow^ leaped oveiboaid from tho Newcistle, and weio instill mental 111 saving the lives of both 111011. The men who jumped oveibo.ivd, and whose name-* >l«-<eive to bo leconled, wjio \Y. liowlcy, (!. VVingluiin, li. Jlesk, 1'. (). Leaiy, and .). S.iundeis, an I .iftei all hid .safely .uuved on boanl their ves<*eK, a signal \\ is nude ies]»i>ctii) o ' the lnjimes recei\ed by the 111 m who fell fiom .iloft, ninl the answer of ' sei ions' was ietuini'd. At the smii> limo a signal was madi from the T)oris to the Newcastle 1 , conveying the thinks of the ship's compuiy to the men named foi jumping o\n to the leseue of thon -Jnp mates ' -U.S. (.'«•( tt, , Octoloi 1(>.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5708, 8 January 1876, Page 2
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