WRECK OF A SCOW.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14432, 24 July 1907, Page 8

WRECK OF A SCOW.

LOSS OF LIFE. AUCKLAND, July 23. A telegram from Tairua ©bates that a messenger from' Ohui has just ridden over and reported that the scow Surprise went ashore on the rooks about a mile from the north end. of Ohui Beach, and is a total wreck. The captain, mate and two seamen are supposed to be drowned. A fifth hand got ashore and found his way to Ohui, where he ia being well looked after by Mr James M'Gregor. He is badly knocked about, and rambles a little in hie talk, but is expected to be well in a day or two. Hia name is Harry Jackson. From what can be gathered from his account, the scow dragged her anchors right from Slipper Island, and went ashore on the coast early on Sunday morning. The members of the crew were as follows:—J. T. Jalliere (skipper), who was taken on in place of R. W. Cliffe, who was sick when the vessel was last here; H. W. Jackson, aged twenty, of Norfolk Island; A. Stewart, aged nineteen; E. Joh'ansen, aged nineteen; W. Kelly, aged seventeen. The last two members of the crew were signed on when the vessel was here last month, and tJie above list comprised, the crew at the time she left this port.