THE WINDSOR WRECK THREE MEN DROWNED.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1908, Page 7

THE WINDSOR WRECK THREE MEN DROWNED.

BOAT BLOWN TO BEA. FOUR DAYS WITHOUT WATER. fly tfelecraptu— Prws Association.— Copyright, PERTH, 9th February. The rescue expedition sent to the Bteamcl* Windsor (wrecked on it roef v.'cst of Pelsart Island) has returned to Geraldton. The captain, the chief mate, and the chief engineer were drowned. All tha rest Were saved. The vessel is now broken up. The rescue vessels failed to get lines to tho etcamor. Throe apprentice*, a seaman, and fourteen Chinefee were still on the boat. Scding that the vessel could not" last much longer, tho curvivor* lashed them- ' selves to planks, and threw theniselves * into the" sea. They wero ( washed on to a reef, where the rescuers got . them safely' ashore. . CAptain Walters and the chief d&ter, Mr. Jones, were drowned on. tho Tuesday night after the wreok. / A boat containing t\vo of the I'escuere was blown out to sea while- > puttjng off to the wreck, and has not yet; been found. A stoatoctf is searching. An apprentice states that the crew of tho Windsor were four days -, on tho wreck .wltho-afc \yatsr.',, t-ji VESSEL COMPLETELY DI3AP- ,' ' PEARS., a sUßvry oil's story: RESCUE ATTEMPTS THAT FAILED. /'■ •':> ' (Received February 10, 9.36 &nt.) I , PEJITH,: This Day. j- The' Windsor has completely disappeared. " k ..' Most of the boats were washed away after tlie first contingent' of' th£ v cfew wore 1 landed. • t „ NO BOATS .AVAILABLE., ' Nicholson, an apprentice! who was tho last to leave' the' "ship/ say's^ :—' ? As* wo had no further boats ifc was impossible to gain tho roef. Captain Walters gavo orderc to ondpavptir to float ashore lines attached to the gratings iiii order to establish communicfcU&if .With th.6£(»,'on the reef, and also ur<ld robkels attached to signal halyards^ tut "all bf'Vlh'ese fell short, i x /- ATTEMPTS TO SWIM ASHORE— A BHAVJiMAN., „ ' "The chief - engineer ' made * attempts to swim nshore with a Hub, and -after a ..despsrato struggle succeeded in gaining a footing on tlw;reef, J bat exhausted with his efforts and Was carried |away by the backwash,,,^Ho'/y^. then parried* oat to sea aii'd drowned in view of all hands. ..«','., .' VESSEL'S BACK BROKEN. "Shortly afterwords the funnel fell by tho board, and it was seen, that the ve6s?l's back was broken. ' "By this time, tremendous seas .. were thundering over tho decks,, and all handg were clinging <o the ijiies oh the bridge. ' "At about 4 o'clock in tho afternoon tha m&jnmast went by the bbftrd and was washed ashore. , 4 POWERLESS ,TO RfcNDttWAGSISTance.- /' /',.. "Asl this time" Hi* second And third officers roaain.id on the reof, .but were powerless to render apsistynte, apd at 1 sunset tho lattov loft far the island. CAPTAJN, A.ND..-MATE LOST. "Captain Walton aiid, thA mate remained in the Golcon, but the rest of the crow and apprentices stayed forward. Upon coming on dick tjhb following morning we foujid that ail Uw after }jart of the vessel up to (he forethast had been broken up and 1 washed on to tha roef, the captain and roato' being lost. "Next morning a party soarcU^d Uu> shore for tho bodies, but without I*ctiU. We then tcok vpfugc mono of the deckhouses, . and again endeavoured to float linos aahoro. A rescue party also attempted lo reach vi xvjth v r<>'.kots. A counb of- the voclxels fstl over tlis ahip, biit the linos broke. CHINESE PAKAL'TSSD \\ ITH FEA?I. ' rV "The Cliiaeso nith us appeared to bacom<* fviralys^d with fenr ,in<l tntpc&aiv. Alt li.c tlm6 v? K?pt hoys tnlUng.thfe bell lo attract ail'en'tinn. When v;«» saw tha rcn'-m pa-(y J.'av? «n«t. ■ wo jfavo np txU Kojw. ( «nri r^aiavi all night huddled 'in tjir. fo'tcHsUc, -Kest morning live Cliiiifte took Ih^ir pijt»ij« ,-. doAn, n«d pwyctl io their Jora fm- llia,^-' wind and sea to k'tbßidc. Ih^v th^r' > lurnrd'iulo UieiP bnnics and onMttfncert \' wailing. Abotit an lw:#r after, -t'di Chin- ' cso took alteznpic-4 to t^mnift suicide witJi a chopper. ■ ', WITHOUT WATEB. "Up to this tinio we jh'aii been v/jtb.- '„ ■ out water, and two of the OJiin«»y cocx- ' - menced drinkiug ealt water., „ " "Tho -sea- was now sweeping tcrhpleto- .1 Iy over the vossej, wtiieh ,\^ns .ispidly '" breaking up, the foiefasUo being guttod. , DESPERATE CIHN'AHAN. "In tho afternoon a Chinese irimnwr ', - lashed himself to a plnnk' aijd jximped into tho surf, saying ho might ,as well dio that way as remain on Ihfc ship. \] The surf carried him itf, at\d after being carried out again for some distance, tlia seas carried him to tho reef, where ha was rescued. AH ths ethers followed hag' example, and wero washed ashore in an cxhaustsd- condition. "The rescuing party were up to their armpits in tho Burging water. We remained on ih& reef all night, b,nS. were ■ taken to the island in the niorruiig."