BARQUE WRECKED OFF OEO.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 158, 26 July 1901, Page 2

BARQUE WRECKED OFF OEO.

LOW OF THIRTEEN LIVES. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. PIHAMA, July 25. The Lizzie Bill, an iron bitque of two decks and about 1000 tons register, bound from Wellington t-> Newctstlein ballast, s'ruck about three mils fioaa Captain Good's place a 1; o<o, Dear where the schooner Annie Wilson and the steamers Miniia nni Maramtta were wrsckel Particulars are Laid to glean at present, but from wh .t ran be heard the vessel hirink last evei.ing about eleven o'clock, ai.d thocr.w teok to the boa's. Evideo'ly the men suffered grravly from c 'ld, and it is said that the larger bo it cap?izel more than once. About ssven o'clock this morning a came ashore wi'h s v«ml men, among thera beipg the cap'ain and mate. The survivors wero very much exrmist'd as may be judged from the fact that t ve who bad got oi>t < f the b:at w>ro afterwards fouud dead with their heads among the tocks. Four dead birli-s wer found bene ah the thwarts of (he boa''. , CapUin Reei and ihe matt are at Captain Good's place, the form* r being very much exhausted, it is imp ssible, at present, to get anything like a coherent account of the wreck. The crew numbered eighteen, of whom six have been saved. Sewn bodies have been washed ashore and fivit «>e m'ssiog. Search partiet are ai.wok. From Captain Good's pUce no view of the wreck cm b« obtained, but wreckage is s rewn nloog the biach. The bodies are to be conveyed to ihe Oeo Hotel where an inqu.et will be held. Ijsst night the wta'her was fair with a sharp cold breeds blowing, but th re was a s'ight fog. The captain is in a very exhausted sttte aod ihe doc or has b»en wired fo". Th* r«maiuii g survivors are in fair condition, co isidering th* t«rribl« expeiience. I Opunake, July 25.

The survivors aie O'ptain J. Roes; W. G. E. Barrow, chief ma»e; J, Harding, J. Glen, A.B's; J. M. Tickell, W. J. A i buckle, apprentices. The bodies recovered were those of the scond mate, L. Alley; W. > Lang, W. Simmons, J. P<rry, A.B.'s, A. Jones, apprentice. The missing ir« J. Milligm, coik; W. Rener, J. Port land, H. Fredrikson, A.B.'s; W. Bjyw, Obas. Ch&ppa), T. Giy, appren'iees. WELLItfGTOW, JoLY 25.

The barque is owned by a Live>poal firm, Mtssis lredale, Porrer and Co., whose agents here arj Messrs Levii. and 'Jo. Itsurances are cot known. After the v«ssei's manifest was made out another A.B, J. Portland jointd her.