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WRECK OF A BARQUE IN THE BRISTOL…

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WRECK OF A BARQUE IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. ■R NARROW ESCAPE OF THE CREW. ever sinc^i?1*06 °f th6 (U'n8ti *°g8 whicb have prevailed uumeroua reiort«eT *■ 1D' t]H;re have been toe seas, moF6 etRn°! H?rnnT Jl" £ stelLs from a11 parts of The Bristol Chaunpl'vi K" and B,ack Seas* the past fortnight i h!s been enveloped by thick fogs for f >s;-iiorna of ■'OBseio nl^ht could be heard the The coa9tguardBmea ^^S.up and down the channel. ■.■(DC from morning tiJ1 hfeboat-meu kept on the qui look out house on the the former from their during the night The ^bies Hiil kept a strict watch brave a let of fellows as ever^*?!68, lifeboat-men are as read? to rush to the succour £ e? oars, and are always Mendav night, however, they in distress. On tingutshing themselves and ari^0od chance of dis- Whiie the wind raged arou^d oUr « a few shillings, capped waves dashed madly throQgh t and the foam- weie inugly slumbering Sound-, they within seven miles of the *■ e 8 V Kinkin'g that in dire distress, and the poor sa J^org doUbtle barque was help. But the strange i 8i«&aWf°r tress were heard, either by tb 0 1S" :eeples6 fisherman. The wind was er^? sea angry, but a signal of distress can be baatU nd the miU:s Li iu the wildest of weather. I^P^8 barque Epervier, commanded by Obtain P^t the Bordeaux, was on a vo\age from B° with a cargo of pitwood. Her crew was 14 to!ti. Notwithstandicg the density ot „ve^' ^ey entered the Bristol Channel all right, and e Jth,^ went well until Monday night about 12o clock, wn5& tbe vessel foundered ou the Skerweather &auds- A very heavy 8ea was running at ne time and the ill-fated barque was djisnea about rncst unmercifully, the seas sweeping ov;r decks and damaging all the boats with the exception ot one, which was perfectly useless in such weather. It wa.; clear that the vessel was rapidly going to pieces, and there being no boats at their command, the civw decided to make a raft. This task was qUjckIy accomplished with the wood available. As the poor fellows had iust got on the raft a heavy sea swept clean OVer lhemJ washing away one of their nnmber j. seamao na-.»ed Jeffrol11. ihe others succeeded in sticking to the raft and setting it clear of the barque, which was fast goina to pieces, The raft drifted with the tide down the Channel and the prospects of succour seemed gloomy indeed. After a. few hours' anxiety, privation and exposure, "sail was sighted, signals of distress were frantically waved, and to the- intense relief of the auxious crew, they were seen, and p.eked up by the schooner Esther, outward bound, Mnd eventually landed at Oxwicb. Here the meU Were provided with every comfort by the hospitable inhabitants, who are deserving of much praise. The coastgu irdsmen at the Mumbles, as soon as they knew what had occurred, Pr jceeded at once to Oxwich, commanf ed by Lieutenant A-uur. They took charge of the men, and conveyed them to jailor's Home, at Swansea, where they were supplied Uh every comfort by Captiin Barrett, who is always r>~ .eous and kindhearted to sailors, and ever ready to provide shipwrecked seamen with every comiort. The -W lost all their effects, and when taken to the Home ereqmte destitute. On Wednesday they went to the rlVvUB 8bop9 in the town and bought all necessary The captain had t«o ribs broken, and was -umpeiled to remain at Oxwich. On Tuesday morning t -e seaabour Lapland and Bracelet Bays was literally bLrnnJ?lkh-'wrtckaKe' log6 of PitWo°d and pieces of the of thn VPT1?8 washed upon the sands, the portside 6 vessel now lying on the beach at the Mumbles.

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