Tur steamer Arrattoon Apear, which rived here the other day, repens picking part of the crew of the stranded Ghisgow steamer Foreland, in the Indian Ocean, The Foreland, sister ship to the s. Goodwin, which left Hongkong for Java inst week, wns engaged in the rice trade, and, at the lime of the slisaster, had in her holds " cargo ut 7,700 tons of rice which was ing carried from Rangoon to Bombay. The accident took place on the moruingof the Tth inst, Everything was going well when suddenly the Foreland struck an unmarked submerged rock next the north-west point of Coco Island, in the Bay of Bengal." The boats were lowered at once, and the crew for the shore, where there is a Iuthouse and signalling station, These a rough, there was heavy r-in and it was squally, and one of the boats containing chief officer, sec ud and fourth enuinc-rs and eighteen of a native crew failed make the land, distant about a mile and half. They were blown about all day wt night in their open boat, and, when ticked up next morning by the Arratoon Apear, were about six miles from land, On learning of the accident, Captain Fey put his ship about in order to render assistance if necessary. The balance of the
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