From members of the crew of the Ocean steamship Ulysses, who reached Yokohama in the Mugw!, we have learned further particulars in connection with the wreck of the first named vessel.
The Ulysses left Yokohama on Sunday, the 20th, under the command of Captain Butler, bound for Kobe. She started at daylight and steamed for some hours against a strong head wind, but, being light, had eventually to get under the lee of Rock Island where she lay all Sunday and till about. daybreak on Monday morning. About 5.30 a.m, on Monday she resumed her voyage, and all went well till about ten minutes past eleven the same night, when a dim light was sighted on the port bow, but it had hardly been reported when the ship, going some 12 to 13 knots, crashed on to sunken rocks, and plunging forward at length brought up hard and fast. The night, it should be said, was. mia y, and a heavy rain was falling at the tine, From the noise of the breakers around it now became apparent that the ship was all but surrounded by rocks. The wells were at once sounded, the steamer bumping heavily the while both fore and aft, especially forward, and gradually listing over to port till her port rail was under water, and her deck was exposed to the heavy seas that drove up against her. Rockets were fired and the boats were ordered out, Lights soon began to appear on the shore, which lay on the starboard hand, and from their movements it was judged that boats were being launched. These, however, could not get out to the ship, being' apparently stopped some distance from the shore, and by the gleam of the rockets it could be seen that their crews had landed on a reef lying about a hundred yards off on the starboard beam, and running parallel with the steamer's keel, The intention undoubtedly was to render succour in the event of an attempt, being made to leave the ship, but the shore people evidently were disinclined to trust their sampans in the nasty seas which ran between the reef and the ship. Examination now showed that there were 3 feet of water forward, 5 feet amidships and 7 feet aft. The pumps were started and kept going all the while; orders were given to go full speed
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