WRECK OF THE SCHIEHALLION

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 321, 16 January 1879, Page 2

WRECK OF THE SCHIEHALLION

: ? The Underwriter's Association report, under data London 13th :— " The barque Schiehallion, from Auckland to London, has gone ashore on the Isle of Wight, and has become a total wreck. The cargo is washing ashore." The iron barque Schieballion left Auckland on the 21st September, commanded by Captain Levack, and owned by Shaw, gaville and Co ; has been trading in the several ports of New Zealand for several years. The passengeis were Messrs. Thomas Smith, William Taylor, George Chapman, Cordelia Chapman, George Frederick Chapman, Mabel Chapman, Mary Storey, Harley Storey, Harry Storey, Ethel Storey, Clara Storey, and Kate Storey. In addition to the above passengers there was Susan Chapman, who ran away from her husband. The \ following is the value of her cargo : — Kauri gum, £8815; pearl shells. £1450; candlenuts, £70; ivory nuts, £5; cottoa, £1768; cocoanut oil, £650 ; cotton seed, £20 ; wool, £1923 ; manganese, £400; tallow, £1293; copra, £3200; miscellaneous, £45; total, £19,649. The Schiehallion was of 602 tons register, and was built by Brown, of Dundee, for Mr. Cruickshank, of London, ia 1869, and was classed Aal at Lloyds. The cargo was insured in the New Zealand, South British, and other 1 local offices. The following are the insurances on the Schiehallion : — New Zealand, £7700; National, , £6350; South British, £1500; Victoria, £300; 1 and Colonial, £265 L