SHIPPING LOSSES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 7

SHIPPING LOSSES.

BIG CLAIMS LIKELY

Gallant Rescue Of Crew Of Volumnia.

SHIP'S CAPTAIN LOST.

(British Official Wireless.)' (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, December 10. A serious view is taken in marine insurance market circles in London of the losses suffered at sea during the great gales of the last five days. Although no.ship of first importance has figured in the casualty reports, it is anticipated that claims resulting frona the storm will be very heavy. It. is estimated that about 100,000 tons of shipping have been lost, stranded or in distress, but most of the vessels concerned are of the tramp class. Rarely have so. many telegrams been posted at Lloyd's as was the case when 200, relating to a large number of different ships, were received. '.•"".• The full extent of the damage caused to shipping may not be known for over twelve.months, for many of the vessels damaged have proceeded on their voyages and will be repaired abroad. The most serious casualties reported yesterday were those of the Glasgow steamer Volumnia, which went down in the Atlantic, and the Italian steamer Chieri, which sank , off Ushant. From the latter 40 were drowned. Those rescued Avere found' clinging to rthe wreckage. The Volumnia's crew were saved' by the steamer Manchester Regiment, whose captain has received many wireless messages congratulating him-and his crew for their splendid rescue work. . There is considerable anxiety regarding ten steam herring trawlers off Lowestoft, which are stormbound in the North Sea, and:a broadcast appeal to vessels in the southern North Sea was made yesterday to keep a look out for these vessels.

It was.revealed this morning that the captain of the Swedish steamer Frieda, whose dangerous plight off D«il caused anxiety yesterday, had been swept overboard by the gale and drowned. The Frieda had been run into while at anchor and tugs were standing by when the captain was lost.' The Frieda, which with great difficulty was boarded by lifeboatmen, was berthed it Dover this morning. All ■ except one of the overdue Lowestoft steam trawlers, which have been stormbound, in the North Sea, have now aeen reportld or have arrived in port. A message from Paris states that 71 seamen are feared to have been drowned n the present storm in the Channel and sn the Atlantic coast. Two of a'cnrwd »n the Dieppe: landing stage, watching }he arrival of.: a steamer, were washed )ff by a huge wave and \ disappeared.