The New York herald., 1874-07-18
THE SHIP BRITISH ADMIRAL.
Thrilling Particulars Of the Wreck OF
the Vessel-The Survivors Landed in
Australia.

SYDNEY, June 0. 1874.
Thrill OF horror pervaded every city in the
colonies on last Monday morning when on opening
the daily papers one OF the first things to catch
the eye was 'The Wreck OF the British Admiral /;
Eighty Lives Lost.n On the previous evening there
had arrived at Melbourne q small W ssel bringing
nine passengers, sole survivors OF eightvnine who
lett Liverpool IN the new iron ship JEST mentioned
THE VOYAGE
commenced disastrOusly. She lost her masts in
the Bay OF Biscay and had to return to port for
new ones. on her second attempt, struck by a
heavy sea, damaging her chronometers and COM
passes she failed to make a landau OF Cape Otway
light on the 23d ut., and sagging away to leeward
was among the fatal reefs OF Kings island before
they were discovered. An erort was then made
20 wear ship: but she paid OF on the other tack
IL was only TO fall broadsde on the rocks.
SCENE
which ensned Ia described BY the survivors as
heartrending At about three A. M. fortynn
passengers. awakened from their rest, rushed on
deck In their night dresses to md the ship crash
ing against the granite rocks, every sea making
clean breach over her. One small boat was all
that could be launched, and in this the second
mate mat four seamen and three passengers put OF.
The falling spars smashed all the others. A very
lew minutes suliced TO terminate the sufrerings OF
the majority OF the passengers, VINO had taken
refuge by the mizzentnast They and II we're torn
from the ship by huge wave; the mainmast fol-
lowed, bursting the deck, and In another instant
the ship supped Oh the rocks into deep water. The
second mates boat cspsZed in the breakers and
only three OF the party managed to regain her and
get on her bottom.
MR.. NICHOLSON.
son OF an eX-Premler OF Victoria who had been TO
England Tor MS health, might have been saved had
ne acted similarly but the brave fellow, preerrlng
70 risk his lie IN vain effort 70 save two little
chiluren, who we're battling tor lie among the
noatlng Wfeckage, told his companions he could
Hob ieaNc tue little ones and with them perished
Inc thlrd mate, startled from q sick bed, went
uoNb Nith the snip and on coming to the surface
again seized noating plank wncn he reached
the shore ana was the only oflicer saved.
a. rHE OTHER SURVIVORS
were MI O.Grady, saloon passenger; D. Keys, ].
Jones duu d. haiOld, steerage passengers; Wag-
gard, Baker and Davidson, seainen. AT daylight
age, and sustained lie by finding a case OF spirits
and some provisions washed ashore Having
rested all day some OF the crew lett next morning
70 examine the island, and were fortunate enoupt
10 fall In with a hunter named McPnerso az
whose nut they found a sailor named CUNNINGHAM
VINO had also escaped on floating wreckage.
THE HUT
and its contents were placed at their dispogal and
there they remained uDtn the ketch Kanparoo
took them of tue island, having in the interval
searched for and buried all the bodies That
once despatched 10 the scene OF the disaster a
steamer which after some difficulty iound thar
the vessel was SUNK In deep water IA stated aud
that out OF cargo valued at over s25O,00O very
little was likely to De recovered. The Marine
Board a. Melbourne, having inquired into he cause
Of The wreck, e80nera ted the captain and officers
from neglect OF duty.