A DISASTER OF THE SEA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7914, 1 December 1887, Page 4

A DISASTER OF THE SEA.

»p.Oiie'o.f the.crew of the Belfast barque, ©^'^tfir^o'j.Sootia, has arrived at Liverpool, given some very thrilling details fe^ttef of- 'tue^wreck . of that vessel on the FalkiS^jloild^lslands and the loss of eight lives, iJE|:#one.of >vboni was mate of the vessel. The Sppiixlies of two others were 'found on the_ ll^iliiSach with -nearly all their flesh eaten pff IPB£~J»y- : ;wilS .birds. The seaman's name is i#s?4 Martitt plsen. The Star of Scotia' was itfjJftWund from' San Francisco .to Queenstown, S?it^* ! ?ftiid tad on, board a cargo of wheat. She S&.t'l'waß,.''nranned by a crew of twenty- ; M2-"*W>» '.'. and got ashore on the rocks i^a'f Vat Bull. Point, about one hundred :-;pK'- : miles from Port Stanley, Falkland Isles, K>l,%at : .abon.t- half-past 11 at night, and £Si~" s 'tae crew remained on board until day--0:&l»ght. The captain, with a majority of the crew, got away in one boat, and tho second boat was in charge of Fraser, the SJif-riiniite. The captain's hoc.t was first to shore, but the mate's boat was yXvtossed on the beach by tho heavy surf, ?»;;4;",and in it were the semi-conscious forms of °f the crew, an Englishman' and a js{-j "~: Scotchman, named Davis and Drtunmond. i^P -The mate, who was in the boat, had just ;ftv« '.■ breathed his last. Davis and Drmninond f <K.i;. recovered, and gave an account of their p::j:,'gufiferings during tne short time that had *\® elapsed- since they had abandoned their K*y ''vessel. • While making their way to shore Vjfc -:tue boat was capsized and all the occurS?";,j- pants were thrown into the water. Some ;.,%;<of: -the men managed to cling to the up- ■!.'<•? j:^turned craft, which afterwards righted. i;i, ! -While making for the shore the boat was *i v " ; '.'•-. capsized no less than seven times, until 'I -■ V there were only three men left— the mate, !iv- '• Davis, and Drummond. The water was ''■■I- intensely cold. Davis and Drummond .:'r~ saw their comrades drown, but could not f- " afford them the slightest aid. When the ;' • ' ehjpwreoked men landed the island was }'„ '-: covered with snow and the place yjas V .'.- bitterly cold. They, however, found '1 shelter in the hut of some herdsmen, and '■_ .>'-• were kindly treated.