TOLL OF THE SEA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 5

TOLL OF THE SEA.

A STKAMEKR ASHORE. LOSS OF LIFE KKAREI). Prcoa Association—liy Teleßniph—Copyright SYDNEY, October 12. (Received Oct. 12, at 9.25 p.m.) The stuiimor Madca.v is ashore on Broughton Island. Tlio particulars are meagre, but it is feared thot the vessel is a total wreck and that soiuo lives have been l<wt. Two sailors, who ensue ashore on planks, Mated th;it th-cy feared the vessel '""as breaking Up. Wreckage ie coming' ashore near Newwi.st.lo, ;m<l is supposed to bo coming from the Maoleav. Two lug* have IxK'ti despatched to Kroiighton Island. There \tvtv no passengers aboard llio Macleay. but. tin 1 crow uimiliercd 20, and only two aro known to bo saved. Tlio Macleay is a vefsel of 100 tuns, and belongs t" tlio North Coast Company, Slw wan hound from Newcastle to Clarence River, and is supposed to have foundered in a fog. ONE BODY WASItKI) ASHORE. VESSEL STRIKES A ROC'K. SYDNEY, October 12. (Received Oct. 13, at 1.17 a.m.) A disaster in connection with llio Mtfcicay appears certain. A (roin a ton party at a station near Port Stephens states that the luxlv of .Jones, the steward on the Macleay lias been washed up. The siirvivniii—Swanney and l'etorfon— are ablo-bcdied seamen. They declare tli.'il at. 8 o'clivk last, night., in a fog, while tlio tirst (i|lic!':r was on the bridge, Ih.e vofed struck a rock. Tlio impact was tcrrilic, and tlio strtimcr heeled over, and practically turned turtle bjfore she sink. Tlio survivors, who aw accompanied by a search party, are not expected back before the morning, MMINU VESSELS LOST. fUVKN HANDS DBOWXKJ). LONDON, octob?r 12. (Received Oct. io. aI, 1.?3 a.m.) Three Ramspite ilsliinj; vessels, with 11 bands on board, bmntlerr.l i.n a gale.