WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN.

Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8328, 16 August 1895, Page 2

WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN.

Sydney, Aogus 1 , 14. At the inquest on the Cattherthun victims the second mate was recalled and said that 1 at two o'clock on Thursday morning he had 3 a conversation with the Captain and pointed • out that he thought the vessel required haul- ' ing out. The Sugar light then showed a bearing which caused him to form an opinion that he was too close. The vessel was then four miles off the light which was on the port bow. The captain replied, we will alter s the course north 40 east and witness promptly obeyed the order. The ship first struck on the port bow abreast of the fore-rigging and then amidships. The first blow was severe and the second slight. When 'he caught a glimpse of the Seal Bocks on the port side, it was eight [ minutes before she struck. He hauled her out three points more and informed the oap--3 tain, who was coming on to the bridge to call 3 all hands. The chief officer subsequently 5 told him, after consultation that the captain " had decided to beach the ship which had hit I the reef, not the rock. Everybody was sober. s Tha steamer was travelling -eleven and a half knots and became unmanageable eight minutes after striking. The only remark the captain made was " Good God ! What has she struck? 11 Witness replied, "The reef I off Seal Eock." AoftQßt 15. The underwriters have decided to deapatoh a steamer with appliances on Sunday to tbe scene of the *reok of the Catterthuo, to endeavor to recover tbe specie.