Another Wreck.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 212, 7 September 1891, Page 2

Another Wreck.

Melbourne, This Day. Tha barque Fiji, from Hamburg, has been wreoked sixteen miles east of Port Campbell, 162 miles south-west of Melbourne. A party of gentlemen who were walking along the coast in the neighbourhood yesterday disoovsred a man lying in the sorub almost frozen stiff. He was torn and bleeding and the only clothes he had on were a singlet and sooks. Altogether he presented a wild and unusual appearance. With some difficulty the man was restored to conscious* and he informed his rescuers that the vessel went ashore on Saturday night. There were twenty-six people on board and ha and another man Bwam aßhore for assistance, but his companion was drowned. The barque only possessed one boat and that was not seaworthy. The party immediately went ia search of the wreck, and found the vessel two hundred yards from the shore. The crew were ranged along the deck with life belts on. Owing to the telegraph stations being closed the first communication only reached Warnambool at half past nine last night, so that the ultimate fate of those qn board is not yet known. At the spot where the Fiji is ashore the coast is very rough. It is about eight miles from where the Loch Ard was wrecked. The rescued sailor believes that the vessel missed stays. She has two hundred tons of dynamite on board,