TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18761, 15 July 1924, Page 7

TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.

CATTLE STEAMER SUNK. mm COAST DISASTER. ONLY ONE SURVIVOR. EIGHTEEN MEN MISSING. PATHETIC SCENES ON .QUAY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 535 w.wi.) Renter. LONDON, Jnly 13. It is feared that 18 out of 19 members of the crew of the Cork cattle steamer Lismore are lost. The vessel was wrecked off the "Wexford coast on Friday, while en route to Liverpool. The first indication of the disaster was given by the washing ashore of a body. The only member of the crew who is so far known to have survived is a searoan named Carey. He was washed ashore 30 miles from where the vessel 'foundered. Carey states that a list to port was noticed on Friday. Nothing could be done to right the ship, so the captain ordered the lifeboats to be lowered. While this was being done the Lismore overturned.

Carey was sucked under the water. When he came to the surface again he grasped a ship's hatch which was floating by. With some empty cases he then constructed a rude raft. On this, in the dark, he struggled against the rough sea for four hours until dawn. He then tied himself to the raft.

Carey Eays that he ate seaweed to appease his hunger. He was washed ashore on his raft. The most pathetic scenes ocCTirred on the quay at Cork, where the wives and children of the missing members of the crew waited for news of possible survivors. .