A VIEW OF THE WRECK.
j As seen by our representative from the hill overlooking the beach, where a fiijst 1 view of the barque is obtained, she 6tands almost direct into the shore. Her half- ' filled sails flap, idly in a gentle breeze, and the heavy seas break over her amidships. Coming down on to the beach, one sees that she is no more than 30 yards out from the shore — almost as close in as she could possibly get. The main mast is broken^ off at the mast-head, but, supported by the rigging, remains almost erect. The breakers roar and roll in and over her unceasingly, and hurl themselves menacingly over the barque's stern, and as they recede water pours out of her scuppers on both sides. i Her bulwarks on the starboard side are 1 only about 2ft above water-line, and should the seas continue to break over her as • they have been doing it is quite possible j she may turn over on her side and break up. Her three lifeboats, in which the men came off, together with ropes and lifebelts, are hauled up on the beach. Two other boats remain on board.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 33
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