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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

A Total Wreck

A Total Wreck.

"After leaving Nelson very bad weather was met with on the West Coast, and the vessel was hove-to during the gale. The iron again shifted, carrying away the midship stanchions as it rolled from side to side. As there was grave danger the ship was put before the wind and a run made for Foveaux Straits, where she was brought up at midnight under Stewart Island—a black and dirty night it was too. After leaving Stewart Island for the Bluff the vessel struck the rocks at the south-west point of Bluff and became a total wreck. The boats were hove out of the skids, and the officers and crew landed in safety at the Bluff in November, 1881, after a voyage of six months."