AUSTRALIAN.
Melbourne, September 7. The cost of repairs to the ss. EasVy will not exceed £800. The life saying apparatus reached the barque I'iji this morning, and fifteen of her crew were landed safely, but twelve were drowned, The ship broke up within ten minutes after Captain Vickers got on Bhore. Among those drowned are Mr Brisbane, first officer, Mr Lardman, third officer, and Porter, an apprentice ; the rest are seamen, whose names have not yet been obtained. One man, named Wilkinson, swam back to the wreck to assist hia mate,, and died of exhaustion on board,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 213, 8 September 1891, Page 2
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97AUSTRALIAN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 213, 8 September 1891, Page 2
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