LOSS OF THE DORRIGO

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 April 1926, Page 5

LOSS OF THE DORRIGO

UPTURNED Lill'l'.OAT DISCOVERED .I(y Electric Telegraph.—Cop.?right) ;A>jnirai»fti * BZ. I'ahU Association.) S 1! D.NEV, April 5. The latest'news as to the fate of the crew of the Dorrigo, which foundered off the Queensland coast on Good Friday, is the report thai one of the search steamers discovered a considerable quantity of wreckage, including an upturned lifeboat, with no signs of life, The names of tin. Dorrigo.',s missing aie: II I'.adshy. chief cngiiiei r ; A Me Irlyre. sei oud cliicor , A. li. Sin-lb. etui I i nginec-r ; I ■'. I litchinson. second ( nginei r ; I'. 11. Smith, third engine: i ; C ' Wivn. donkcvmaii : I. Lowe.' Una! swain : C. Foley." J. Fisher, T. G.l.ing. .1. Demps v. seamen ; F. May. deck hoy : S. DavVsnu. I'. Lawless. A. Si ilia way. !•;. Iloball, .1. Wrench. T. Froggatt. fire men : Dixon, chief sleward : E. Sten, e-sstaii! steward. J. Mi-CVm-l. chiel ~...;, : 11 Sioieh. assistant ... I;. 'l'| !( . .najorily of 111- missing belonged lo I'.ris'iai'.e and (lib ■:' nails of tjlieeil land. Ho])!' is practically abandoned ol rcs- , iiing ihe Dorrigo's' ( few. Sea search parties are now cnnccnlrat ing on the CI ast.

STILC NO I HACK OK MiSSINti BRISBANE, This Day. A tin less search hy land and sea for the 22 missing men of the Porrign pioved irnilless, and hopes lor rescue: are now considerid sh tider. Many life !„.|ts have hi en washed ashore. Captain (Jray's son rays he was asleep in the forecastle, when a fireman iiislk.il io and shouted, "She is going over!" '1 he Dnrrigo was limn slowly heeling over. As the crew tried In launch a boat it capsized ami Hoatod upside down beside die ship. Cases of benzine rattled off the deck, followed by cases of fruit. As the Po-rigo took another dangerous lurch the crew jumped overboard. Captain Gray remained with the ship as she sank. Logs shot mil of I lit' water like curks. and the sea was soon strewn with flotsam and jetsam. A stroke of hick saved the captain. As he sank a portion of the alter sundeck planking, cowred with canvas, rose to the sin fare. Si.me mure of the clew reached a raft of logs an d some were mi a lifebuit. As the afternoon advanced the parties drifted apart, and they lost sight of them at dusk. As the night closed in a selu.nl of small sharks hovered u.nnd the sundeck, on which Captain Cray and his, soil were floating. When daylighl rame there was in,| a sign of smoke or sail. 'The icltml of small sharks had disappeared, and a \igil was taken tip by three huge blown :■■ion ks. Tin; Moruyae turned tip some hours later and resetted them. A party has lefi to search Eraser Is land. Dixon, mentioned as one of the Dor rigo victims, signed off a few hours be fore liie st-iamcr sailed. His place as chit f steward was liikeii by W. Watkins.