The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-27 00:00:00

WRECK OP A VESSEL NEAR FOLLY PIER.

Last Thursday m irniug was seised upon by several
of the great fleet in Po, Land Roads, as an opportunity
of put.ing to sea after their delay by the gale.
Although many had acme out on Wednesday, yet the
on Touraday were quite numerous enough to
look summit like a great ',gait.' of large ships. The
vast majority got •way•afely, out an Austrian barque,
which siipped Into ugh ch., limakwater opening a little
after nine, met with • disaster. ,he was caugat by
the tie before she could get enough way on her, and,
being light, was carried iu past Pody Pier, sad instead
of 13, iog able to tack out she tailed to deer the pout,
an! went ashore at Saltpool. The coastguard from
Balatilava, and under the carnmand of Chid Officer
Cluaill, were quickly on the move, and the Commodore
ematuer also was telegraphed to, and cams to render
arseietauce, while ke oleymouta lifeboat was launched,
and also inade ids?/04e to the rugged coast off the
East Weir. 13otn, however, were declined, the vessel
oeiug alrea ly uu shore, aid that FM/ tar in that the
roc -s were th eatening any th.ng toot should c due too
near. ddef Officer Perry, from Weymouth, drove in,
and the coastguard mustered a very respectable party,
with their rocket applrate and lines ready to aid the
crew. So far nod the vassal beau brought in that y u
could have "heave la biscuit ashore," and the men took
an opportunity of getting a line from the ship to toe
people on laud, aud won a stout hawser was made the
bridge for the crew, who all eacaped, aura tiering, widt
Captain Meneghetti, 13. The barque was the Pater, of
Lumen pimaulo (age Luulu)in Istria, and th club Italian
wes spoken, they are under the Austrian Government.
Greek was also among the languages spoken, and the
crew seemed then a mixed lot ; but toe captain and
s aon 1 maw and retool • little Enghsh. When the
111111 were got ashore, it seemed unlikely the vowel
would be saved, sad they began rescuing souse of the
stores an I clothes by bringiug over the hawser to lan I.
By and by toe ooesteguard detertniued to establish
further cminalunication with the ship, and • rocket
with due attached was lire], but went astray in the
water ; the second rocket, h 'waver, flew clear over the
mina mast, and soon smother hawser was got out by
1116•411 of the line, and oeiug fastened at one end to the
mis•m Malt, was carried CO • great rock at the land
end, where being securely tied, the breeches buoy was
duly rigged up, and men seat to and from the chip, to
bring the property to lan 1. Although the scene was
a considerable distance even from the end of the
Breakwater and over the run at broken ground of the
East Weir, across which wind and rain swept with
I, .fflicg vi dame a large numbar ref peop:e sseembled
besides the coastguard, among them being prominent
Mr. tor. shtp-brotter of emitlatown, Woo, jolgiog the
vessel was not likely to be savcd, made arranigeuieuts
to have her stripptd. The Bev. Mr. Meigh, seamen's
misdouary, was there, an] fouu•l eoulething to do in
the mission cause. Great piles of b Ices and other
packages were raised in the moderVely level parts,
partly covered with tarpaulin, the craw not
far off, and amongst them one solitary figure
distinguished in negro atyl by an umbrella, an I look-
ing odd enough as be stood like act awe amid the busy
fellows in oilskins. Vary strange was the scene, with
the heavy waves outside, the ship, which was light in
ballast, rising atAl eihking among the rocks, the coast.
guard hard at work under Mr. Colvill and Mr. Perry,
ttbvneeircru..g.ng
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liescatohne P°°l.
the haet of
f.retbahure,t wigo East
nected with the lone Waterworks by the uragnilit.rout
eMzig road, made by the convicts and leading down
the miff. But no convicts were out to-day, the weather
being too wretched for any but freemen to endure. It
was eroeated the Pater, which was bound to Cardiff„
in ballast, would become a total wreck.