FOUR MEN DHOWNKO FROM THE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1018, 24 March 1865, Page 4

FOUR MEN DHOWNKO FROM THE

JiLIZABKTK CUKLK.

Kc'i-s ha* bef-ri received at lliuif IT Arbour of tin: !<«»of foar Urea (taring thr: pfl*iacu of thn RcJiooucr I'.tizibotU <'ix la, whi- ii r'.vt-l eriiiud j.otn" ilpysi hjjo from Invercirgili u> Okitiki, with ;i itiTifir number of pus-H-rigeM. From a ceßtleni'ii) v/!io w.ih p^iii'iiKCr by the Airedale from tlio U uIF, we Jv.irn ilmt during a h'-avy ffriJo, the v■ •< 1 '-iv< d^ViH towiir-Js Siiin'ty Cape, isn<i ! "i;:ti.-)Uf Saturday ni;;';t nhe wns taUrteJ nb<-ut It. ■ In- i:u.ir\ :■, a winch hfni fi'.itv]*, totli'? great jJi-s,-coiuf.'irt ol tin; p;i«*<?ni4«rp, who w«:ve li\ «ucfi aamii-ir* iw «)i"«.s!y to ov rcrowti her. Alsotit twit a hi. on r-urul iv, i-ho wa< rollinir heavily, flii;iohin Hiucb v.-!,l!r, ti:i'i, on tun >utU of tbt-htatu of tbiDg'! tinilvr lin'cliot, many of Ji(?r i>as.«f>ngors prefencd reniaininff on deck. During fbis i\m<i Kb>) <j:ive one lioavy lurrh, nt'ttr wliicli aou;o ni«'< were mi»-«'S, :nid,i»n nxnminiilioii afterwards. <h'Te wtra four who couli! not l>e found, tw ■ of thtiia of >lie uatiius oi PeniielaUier nml liuller. Af'o;wßTiis, I'hf got close annn;; tho tireaicer", und on tryitm to weather a lame rock, hln; sliyhtij f;ri:ZiMl; tint the fortunately ireached open water, a>d after tii'.ivj; liovu to for no>ue hoars, t>ho maiia fo* Port WiUiam anii fm.'iiorcl. Tlio f.iilowiair are sums furth'-r P'irticitlur9 of thu occurrence. »a furnifiheil hy ijjo Muff rnrrcspoiulent of thy Southland Ttiiwn, on the liist inslnnt:—" l'iie <iut'«r .akdcs has arrive! witli iiitsjer. pa^engiTtt at the lilizi be;ti Curlu They report ttsat the Klizsbtth (Jnr!i> kit tb« N'-w iiivpr on Wednb^if»y, at 2 p.m., mid cxr*(<-fence'! fii" wca'br-i, the wind b»iniC Ku'. When aiiaut thirtjr miles from Ida Wef>t Ovjjo, she enctuatere'l a heavy g'tlo from the uvstwaril, and wn» ciuupdici] to ratx for Port William, wlierc «lie amiiiowil our y on Thursday luornintr, Hlie «fiil«-l nqnla on faturjlay, the tvia-1 bciriii W.N.W ; beat out lo the SoLmd'TH, when the wln«l increisim; to a Rale, nmi tbff wi'itihf.T 'w\as thick, she fljja'r incf t>> jmt !«wk. Tbe .*bip w:vi ririren clone to the land {Witu Cnpe, at-twan'a I"lnud) the pa!a still hlowine, ari'i v heavy sea breaking over her. 'I'fjj? deck w!i<t wjinploily swept, and two men, mined FentuMatfier itnd Bulitr, and two o!ht'r-, names unknown. w> ro washed overboard mid drowned. 'l'bc enptaiu, at one time, thought of aVximionitiß the f.iup, oil account of tlie great quaistiiycf wattr Jn hsr. Tho cirgo i* JCii'J to have suffered considerable da-napce. The wind m.ldsnly s-hiftp<! to S,W , and the •weather clewed. Sh« thea run for Port Williiun, and anchored on Nuuiliy morning. Thj vcmti will elinrtlv reßame her voyaKC. The pannanKers brouelit lioru by the A^nes parpoaa giing 0.. by the Airedale."