WRECK OF THE CLYDE. CREW IN MELBOURNE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7

WRECK OF THE CLYDE. CREW IN MELBOURNE.

.By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyrigufc. (Received December 22, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The steamer Toroa, which accompanied Dr. Mawson's ship Aurora to the Macquarie Islands, has returned. She brought back the crew of the schooner Clyde, recently wrecked at the Island. The schooner was owned by Mr. Hatch, of Invercargill, lessee of Maequarie Lsland. [by; telkgbaph — pbess association.] INVERCARGILL, 21st December. A Hobart cable message to Mr. Joseph Hatch, the owner, states that the schooner Clyde has been wrecked at the Macquaries. All hands were saved, and returned to Hobart by the Antarctic tender vessel Toroa, which also brought up 389 . casks of oil. The Clyde was purchased in Wellington last August, and this was her first' trip to the Macquaries. _ She was not insured for the trip, being without power. Captain W. Smith was in command. An enquiry; has been opened at Hobart. [Tlie^ Clydo was a familiar figure in these waters, having formerly been 1 a regular trader between Wellington and Lyttelton. She- was then owned and commanded by Captain Gibboiw. Afterwards, when Air. John M'Lean, of Wellington, established a fishing station at tho Chatham Islands, the schooner was bought By hiiri for the purpose of conveying stores and coal to his depot there. The Clyde was not found suitable for his purpose, however, and after lying idle at Wellington for ' some time she was sold to Mr. Hatch. She left here aome months ago on her maiden trip to the Macquarie Islands, and now the cable brings news of her untimely end.]