THE CATTERTHUN DISASTER.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 36, 10 August 1895, Page 2

THE CATTERTHUN DISASTER.

| NO TRACE OF ANYMORE STTRVIVOES. ; PLUCKY CONDUCT OF THE! CHINESE ; CREW. ™^~ ; L-> 1386 ASSOCIATION ] Stdnkt, 9th August. , Tho tugs have returned to port, after thoroughly searching the vicinity of the i wrcok of tho Catterthnn. They are oon- . tinuing the soar oh, but it is almost generally ; considered hopeless, as it is believed that all ; except those saved in tho lifoboat were ■ engulfed when the vossol sank. A few i friends only refuse to abandon hope. Tho searohers picked up a cutter, but i beyond this there was no trace of the missingpeople or wreckage. , Mr. Smith, a passenger by tho Catterthnn, was tho late Navigating Lioutenant of the i warship Wolverine. Ho was going to China . to seek employment. Ho loaves a widow and . Bon in Sydney. i The Chinese paasongers inolndcd a Mcl- , bourne merohant connected with the firm of L Wing Lye & Co., going to China on a ■ pleasure trip, and a widow and fonr young ■ ohildren. i Groat praise is given tho Chinese crew for the way they stood to their posts and worked in the faae of almost insurmountable difß- , cnlties to get the boats out. The National Sbipwrock Society has taken io hand the task of relieving any distress . caused by the wrook. The Marine Board will begin the enquiry as soon »s the survivors reach Sydney, where they are expected to-morrow. .Ships arriving to-day all report no signs of life or wreckage. The survivors are doing well. [ Captain Fawkes Btates tbnt on rising after , being washed overboard he struok a plank, to which he clung, and he waß afterwards , joined by the second officer. When in the water he noticed the rays from tho licrht- , house. He bad no definite idea where they , struck, but thinks it was about four miles , north -cast of the lighthonse. From the time tho vessol struck most admirable dis- [ oiplino was shown. No one was flurried, | and there was an entire abaeuoo of panic. The captain and officers gave their orders ' coolly, and tho crew cheerfully obeyed.