Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-16
ONLY TWO SURVIVORS.
A ShIpWFeck on the AuAtrAIiNn
OOASV-Escnpa OF n YOung Lady
ana mfdshipman.


ana RIfdshipman.
A correspondent Of the San |
Francisco Call, writing from Auck-
land, N. T., under date of June |
25th, says: The British ship Loeb |
Ard, Captain Gibbs, from London
for Melbourne, with a cargo valued
at $3.50, 900, was lost near Cape Ot-
way on the morning of June 1st.
Miss Evelyn Carmichael was the
only passenger saved out Of seven
teen, and a midshipman named
Pearce, is the sole survivor of a
crew numbering thirty-two. %,
For two days previous to the
morningof June 1st the sky was so
overcast that the captain was un-
able to take observations. At 4 on
the morning of that day he saw
Danger Reef, being at that time
scarcely half = mile from the shore,
the ship being under close-reefed
topsails and running before the
wind. The captain, who was on
deck, gave orders to bring the ship
to the wind, but she would not
weather the land, He then let 60
both anchors, with a fifty fathom
cable to each, but she would not
hold and the ship dragged. When
$50 yards from the rocks the cup
tain slipped both anchors and tried
to put on sail, but only got the
mdinsail set when the vessel struck
on her starboard quarter. This
was just when it was breaking day,
and Immediately the topsail fell
over, killing two seamen. The
captain at once ordered the crew to
get the boats out for the lady pas
Sengers; but this was not done, as
the waves we're washing over the
decks. Pearce and five other sea-
men got into the lifeboat, but were
washed over. Pearce swan to the
| boat and kept on it while it drilted
into a small bay, where the ship
had struck. AT daybreak he found
himself drifting toward the beach,
and managed to get on shore. At
this time the, beach was strewn
with wreck and driltwood. After
he had recovered he walked about
to see if there we're any passengers
or crew. After a little while he
heard a cry, and saw a lady about
: fifty yards out. He swan out to
her. She appeared to be insensi-
BILE, but was clinging to spar
r From her statement it appears that
{ she was nearly the last on board,
being in conversation with the cap.
] tain Just before the ship went down
s The captain told her if she should
: survive to tell his wife that he diet
like a seaman, at his post. Before
s Pearoe came to her rescue ther
e were two others elinging to th,
1 same spar, but she saw them washed
S off. This young lady was Mis-
|. Evelyn Carmichael.
! he dragged her ashore and pulle'
If her into cave, gave her some stim
l. ulant and covered her mp, aud lai,
l. down himself to sleep, being ex
% hausted. He thinks he must hav
l. slept about two hours, and on awak
e ening found the young lady ar
/. parently recovering. He the
d started to get help, and after som
n considerable difficulty climbed tn
l. cliff, which is upward of one hun
e drcd feet high. After he got o
n top he walked about until he luck
O. lily found track, and started on i
IS the direction of Mr.. r.Gibson's Gler
l. ample station, After walking 0
l. the track about two miles he ws
.. met by q man in Mr.. Gibson's en-
If ploy, named George Ford, who, aftt
b making inquiries of Pearce, starte
is back to the station and brought NJ
N Gibson back with him, Pearoe ha,
g, ing gone back to the lady to civ
c. her the good news that help was I
a hand, when, to his horror, on a
H. irving at the cave where he had le