WRECK OF WHITE BAY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 July 1928, Page 7

WRECK OF WHITE BAY

SOLE SURVIVOR’S STORY

v r«.if<e<i Press Assixiiation—Bj Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, July 15. At the inquest on the body an Italian seaman washed ashore at Newcast e from the wreck of the White: Bay, another Italian seaman, It ic up no, the sole sumvor of the clisawoor, jja.ve evidence that when the captain found he was unable id make Newcastle he. fired pockets. They saw a bout come out from Newcastle, but the White Bay had .blown fwither north and the vessel was u n aba? to lr ive any as'siiistance. The White Bay was blown still further non th. and as it neared the Stockton beach the captain called the firemen % out of the hold and instructed the crew to don life Is? Its. As they were do my so a. great sea. struck the shin and she turned over. \\ lien the witness came to the surface he saw the White Bay keel upwards twenty-five fathoms from the shore. , , , There was no sign of the captain and the crew, and witness swam shore. A. verdict of drowning through. slurp wieck wa>s returned with a. statement adding that everything humanly possible had been done to succour the White Bay. but that it .was impossible