WRECK OF A DREDGE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1906, Page 7

WRECK OF A DREDGE.

• THREE LIVES LOST W [hums assocuhoh.J LONDON, 16th October. The dredge Octopus, Tvliiob. eniled from Durban for Geelong on 10th. October, sank on the 14th off Tugela. The captain's wife and two children were drowned. SWAMPING OF THE BOATS. A HEARTRENDING SPECTACLE. (Received October 17 8.18 a.m.) CAPETOWN 16th October Tho Octopus sprang a leak and her stoke-holds became flooded. | A carrier pigeon carried ashore news of the danger of the dredge foundering. Two boats were launched but were swamped. Captain Ogilvie's wife with her two children in her areas, and her husband, who was clasping his wdfe's waist, were swept overboard. A wave tore the wife from her husband's grasp, and she and her children weTe drowned before his eyes. The crew were rescued. s ANOTHER DREDGE OVERDUE. GRAVE FEARS FOR HER SAFETY, j (Eeceived October 17, 9.49 a.m.* MELBOURNE, This Day. The dredge Octopus, which foundered on the African coast, was, with the dredge Walrus, purchased by -the Geelong Harbour Board from the Natal Government for £8000 each, and an additional £2000 was spent in fitting the Octopus for the voyage to Australia. Grave fears are entertained for the cafoty of the Walrus, which is now three weeks overdue. PIETERMARITZBURG, 16th Oct. Durban reports that grave anxiety is felt owing to the non-reporting of another dredger "for Geelong, which left Durbau on 13th August.