MAKES DISASTERS.
$. : ■ SEVERAL VESSELS ASHORE.. GALLANT EFFORTS TO RESCUE LIFE. (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.) Received June 10, 12,55 a.m. Sydney, June 9» A terrific easterly gale is blowing, and a fearful sea is running along the coast. Five coasters have been driven ashore, the schooner Bertha, the ketches Sea Nymph, Georgina Davis, and Jessie Sinclair at Treal Bay, and the schooner Venus at Bellinger Heads. The crew of th% Venus were seen clinging to the ratlines of the wrecked vessel, and the pilot crew gallantly put off from shore m the endeavour to effect their rescue. They were unable, however, to reach the vessel, and returned to the beach. Shortly afterwards they made a second attempt to get alongside the schooner.
A telegram received from Bellinger Heads late this evening states that the crew of the Venus have been brought ashore m safety. It is not known whether the rescue was due to the second essay of the pilot boat proving successful.
• No definite information's to hand regarding the crews of the other vessels, but from the nature of Treal Bay it is anticipated that the men have escaped with their lives.
Cabin fittings, which have been identified as those belonging to the steamer Taramung, have been washed ashore.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 125, 10 June 1891, Page 2
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208MAKES DISASTERS. Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 125, 10 June 1891, Page 2
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