TYRONE BREAKING UP
BIG SEAS DO DAMAGE. _ DUNEDIN, 2nd February. The big seas which have prevailed round the coast for the past few days have played havoc with the wrecked Tyrone. The forward portion has bodily disappeared. Though big waves were washing along the decks on Saturday, the two men standing by decided not to vacate the wreck, but, instead of the seas subsiding, the violence increased. A survey about 2 a.m. showed that the forward part of the vessel had disappeared, and at daylight it was seen that the suspension bridge to the rocks had been swept away, that two lifeboats had been smashed, and that the motor launch was swamped. About 5 a.m. the two men made tl/eir way through the surf, and by the aid of a line between the ship and the shore gained the rocks in safety. It is said that there will be little salvaging to do when the sea subsides.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 2
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157TYRONE BREAKING UP Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 28, 3 February 1914, Page 2
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