SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13349, 27 July 1907, Page 5

SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

TUT IN FOR REPAIR. Press Associalion-ByTelegraph-Copyright Received 0.16 "a.m., July 27th." " ■ SYDNEY! July 26. . Tin bar<|ue Eagle .Crag, which 'collided with the Kakapo, put into port to-night to repair .the damage" to her plates and bulwarks. . . WRECK OF THE SURPRISE. THE .SURVIVOR'S STORY. ' Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 26. Harry Jackson, the sole, survivor of the wreck; of the. scow Surprise, ,iu relating his experiences, said :— ; ' The Surprise, when off Slipper Island cm Friday night, started to drag wtth three anchors out. The captain ordered.'the' crew to set the -staysa-ik but immediately aftenvaikls she struck on,the south end of the Watchman Rocks. The captain sang out " Goodbye." That wa« the last I saw of him. and of the boy Flank Kelly. -The scow was bumping very hard when Alt. Stewart. Edward Johnson, and T took to the fore rigging. .We- stayed there a, little time, then came down and went aft. The ship came stern first off the rocks and capsized. I lost sight of 'Stewart, and never saw himV aira-in. Johnson and I stuck to the .-main rigging, after which the sow drifted nvdway between the Watchman rocks, and thi? 1 swam ashore, but. never saw Johnson again. I am ;:• good swimmer, but. the breaker* were very large and rough. One breaker took nie ashore. Others came immediately after and smashed me on the rock:?} Tha*. i" how I am so much cut and bruised. I had-been in the water five- or six hours. I climbed about half-way ui> the -cliffs and then collapsed . from exhaustion. 1 stayed there the whole of.- Sunday, and at i%ht felt ill and unable, to go any further. Next inoriyng, feeling a. little better J crawled up over the (lift's, and eventually.- reached Mr J. • McGregor's hovstv where- I received every kindness., and was put to bed and carefully, nursed. My position on Sunda.v was terrible. Itwas a wild stormy flay. J was stuck half-way up the clill's; with only a small singlet on, reaching .my thighi;. I was unable to move further. Th? clilTs were below me, a.nd high -and perpendicular hills- above. I thought. I was done for. T lav there in ih? storm all Sunday, and in the night the nuin was so severe and. "tibearable that 1 wished T war* dead. The. weather appeared . better on Monday morning, and having gained a. little extra strength. T crawler! along, not knowing exa.Hy where I was." . The steamer Onslow veiled the scene. of the wreclc of the Surprise again yesterday. Constable* Brown and 'party searched the beaches, but" could find n<> ibodies. They secured a ilag, some broken lifebuoys, and a name 1 board. The steamer called.at Ohui and brought Harry Jackson to Tairua. .He is- still weak. Asshowing the- fury of the storm dozens of .crayfish and dead iisli were thrown upon the beach; a-b'o tons of seaweed. The* -ship's dog was found lying on Pawanui beach. .".. .." ~