THE STRANDING OF THE ELGINSHIRE.

Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 61, 12 March 1892, Page 2

THE STRANDING OF THE ELGINSHIRE.

A HOPELESS CASE. SALVAGE AND JETTISON OPERATIONS. .By Telegraph.] funitbd presb association.! Timaru, llth Maroh. Two hundred bales of wool have arrived from the Elginshire in surf-boats. She has some 400 bales of Queensland wool, 200 bales of Oamaru, 160 casks of pelts, and some preserved meat, all to be landed by or before midnight, and then another pull will be tried. Mr. Mill (stevedore), who has just returned, states that tho tide rises and' falls in the small poak compartment, and in No. 1 chamber, in which are 3000 sheep. The water is also making in No. 2, which is half of the ship's lower hold, and is full of Queensland meat. This has 2ft of water in it, and the main engines are kept going to keep it at that. No. 3 compartment of the lower hold aft is dry, and also No. 4, except for leakago from the tunnel. Tho vessel is jammed between two rocks forward, and has rocks along both sides, and the stern is lifted 2ft or 2Jft abovo its proper level. Mr. Mill considors that it is a hopeless case, but that everything can be got out if the weather keeps fine. Tho attempt to pump tho water out between the double bottom showed that the outer skin is greatly damaged, and the water in the two chambers shows that the rocks are through the inner skin as well. Mr. Mill sounded all round the ship, and found rocks all round in irregular fashion. He has had great experience in wrecks, and declares that the Elginshire will never be got off. She is vory strong, and may hold together a long time. A survey will probably be made tomorrow. 'This Day. The discharge of tho Elginshire is proceeding rapidly. All the wool has been landed, and the preserved moat transhipped into a schooner. The tallow and pelts were thrown ovorboard, and a gang of men are collecting them on the beach. Early this morning a start was made to throw over the frozen meat. The bulk of it will be out by 3 p.m., when the two tugs and the s.s. Brunuor will try to pull her off. If this fails, another attempt will be made tomorrow, when tho spring tide will be higher.