VESSELS ASHORE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 183, 1 August 1908, Page 5

VESSELS ASHORE.

1 STEA3EE3. AND SCOW. ON AUSTRALIAN COAST. I SYDNEY. July 31. i The steamer Mareeba, bound asm Brisi bace to Newcastle ar.ci 'Sydney, with a ! j large general cargo, went ashore in thick I weather and heavy =ea on Stockton Beach. There are hopes of refloating the j ! vessel. The crew are safe. ' The Mareeba. arrived off Newcastle last eight, but. owing to heavy weather, the \ captain decided to stand by until day- : light. The steamer grounded, at four o'clock in the morning, in dark, dirty weather She lies broadside on. well up on a shelv- ; ing sandy beach. The crew had little difficulty in landing. The captain and part of the crew are standing by the steamer. An attempt by a tug to get, her off failed, but a. further attempt to float the steamer off will be made to-morrow. I Tbe >cow Hilda, at one time engaged in J the New Zealand trade, timber laden. Ls I ashore, and will possibly be a total wreck. The crew are safe. TRYING EXPERIENCES. CAPSIZED IN THE SURF.

The Hareeba was driven hard inshore, and heavy seas, pouring over her. drove in the portholes, and made a hole in the deck. Signals of distress were unobserved, and the second officer and cook landed, and made their way inland to secure assistance. The crew reached Newcastle last night, several being in a state of collapse through their trying experience. They were unable to get anything to eat all day. All the boats on the port side were smashed, but the crew managed to launch the starboard lifeboat. Several men got away with it, but it capsized in the surf. They reached the shore safely, and a life-line was then got ashore, and the crew landed. The captain remained aboard till the life-saving brigade arrived in the afternoon. The cariio is a valuable one, including a thousand tons of raw sugar. Th<' Mareeba is owned by the A.U.S.N. Co., and is a steel steamer of 1.747 tons register. She was built at Sunderland, England, in 1898. beinjr formerly named ! the Harport. In 1900 she was purchased by the A.U.S.N. Co., for Cne SydneyBrisbane trade. The Hilda was built in Auckland in 1801. and is a wooden evssel of 155 tons I register. She was purchased by Mr. Alfred Settree, of Sydney, immediately after building, and has since then been engaged in the Australian coastal trade