The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-04-29 00:00:00

THE WAY TO CHEAT HIM.
If L ,we will not from tax our matches spare,
Though makers, sellers, buyers shriek crescendo;
Let's burn one-half we barn now, and so pm.*
T., one half his " luceefurn," a Lon itge:ndo.
—.PUNCH.

WRECK OF THE "QUEEN OF THE
THAMES."

A supplement to the Cape Argos contains the fol.
lowing account of this calamity :

Me. Jo eph Moore, a part owner of the vessel, and one of
the managing dlzectore of the company to which she belooes,
arrived in Cape lows this 0 °ruing March 20) by the
Wellington train. Ile let c the scene of the wreck on
S sturday night, and travelled right through, post haste,
to enable him to ba In time to write to England by the
outgoing mall. From this gentleman we have Wen enabled
to gat the following partimiars of the wreck i—The
Queen of the Thatnee, CAptaln Macdonald, left Melbourne
on the 18th of Fel:emery for Losidon, with a fun ea:ego of
wool, copper ore, preeerved meats, and gold-dud. All went
well wills the vessel on the massage down, and on the 24th
day out S with Africa was brat sighted. After that, how-
ever, she wee kept elf again. thi the night of the 17th
of March the venial wee considered to be some distance
from land, and was going along at a speaking rate
under steam and sail. At 1.20 am, en the 18th she was
felt to steike heavily, and on account of the rate at which
she was going all attempts to back her eff proved fruitless.
Tao pieLengers and crew most of whom were in their
beds at the time of the ship striking, were soon up on deck,
but as there was not mock sea on at the time, and the
weather lice, It was determined to remain on board the
wreck until dayligid; the boat*, however, were all got in
readiness. As day began to dawn It was Mend that the ship
had beached herself on a low Bandy soli about fifteen miles
to the eastward of Strore Potnt At daylight the hosts were
ali got out, ad, after midden several tees, the whole of the
passenger, and crew, in all about 315 souls, were safely landed
on the beach As the clay wore on the sea began to rt., so
that all canomulcatt es with the wreck was stayed. la ring
the morning several of the inhabitants arrived on the beach,
and did ell they could In rendering anistance. An express
was immediately sent off to Bredeslorp, with indructlons to
telegraph the news up to Cape Town. When Mr. Moore left
the scene el the wreck she was still holding together, but
there wee every pribability of her becoming a total wreck.
The Queen of the named had on bead 140 first and 100
Second class pauengere, and a crew of 115 men.

Meesza lltrry wad N-phewa, the agents of the
wrick, have received a telegram from Breda .dorp,
danl LI a.m., Sundry, the lUh, to tile following
effect:
"rile Queen elite Thames is on shore at Kilpetraod. Paz-
sengers and crew all landed. TIL) vend still holds togother,
al.l.ougliher back is broken sod Ire. engines are rising up, the
tide raing aml Idling Inside her bola. There is net the lewd
pros,xct other being got oil again, as sho is firmly embedded
In the saud. Toe partergers and crew saved, with the ex-
ception of four hands. including the parser, who were
drowned by toe capsizing of a boat in attempting to board
the venial to save the shlp's papers 'ester lay. We made
several a. tempts to get on board the wreck, but on sonnet
of the hoary sea, which stove In several of the boats, they
proved nosucceuiful. This morning (Sunday) the weather in
fine and calm, mid we shall try again to get on board and
work the cargo. When tart on board there wis, 93. of
water in the vessel's 11.10, and she remained quite last. The
c.stgo consists of 2,5:0 hales of wool, 12 OOP bleb of copper
ore, a laze eta...utisy of pressivad meet% and .C 7,00. worth
of gaid-ttn,.. The passengers are all on their way to
Bredasilorp."