SHIPPING DANGERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 589, 18 August 1909, Page 5

SHIPPING DANGERS.

MAORI DISASTER. DUE TO ABNORMAL INSET. CAPTAIN AND STAFF EXONERATED. Illy Telegraph.—l'rcßa Association.-Outiyrletil.i ' (Rec. August 17, 10.20 p.m.) Gape Town, August 17. The official inquiry into tho wreck of the Shaw Savill, and Albion Company's Maori (lost at Duiker Point, two drowned; thirty missing) arrived at the conclusion that tho cause of the' disaster was an abnormal inset duo to a heavy gale. . . Captain Nicole and the officers were exonerated. ■ t . NAMES OF THE MISSING. In reply to further, inquiry as to the names of thoss missing in the wreck of tho Maori, tho local agents of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company are in receipt of a cable from.tlieir London olfine, stating that in addition to the two persons already advised as drowned, the following are missing:— Dock department: Captain G. Nicole, Messrs. ■ Pearce, Rowlinson, Probyn, 'Lines, Corbin, Stych, Inch, Hart, Pope, Gladman, Baitlett, Loncy, and Cos. ■Engine department: Messrs. , Calvert, Beak, ■Brady, : Attridge, Fenwick, Hooper, Gunn, Smith, Heighten, Goodwin, Wilson, and Tosdevin. Stewards'.-, department: Messrs. Hicks, Anderson, Addison, and Archer. ■It is feared that the.fato of the missing offers little room for hope; Those known to bo drowned arc Messrs. Hutchison and Devvis.. • ■ ' THE WARATAH. . PANDORA'RENEWS THE SEARCH. . ■ (Rec. August 17, 10.20 p.m.) : ' Cape. Town, August 17. ; The cruiser Pandora has again started to nenrch. for tho missing Waratah, overdue from D'.irban to Capo Town. The Pandora will cover the area that has not yet been .searched. ' BETTER FEELINC IN LONDON. THE REINSURANCE RATE EASIER. ■..■• ".' . (Rec. August 17, 10.5 p.m.) ' London, August 17. The absence of confirmation'of the statement: made by the captain of the Irisizwa about seeing floating corpses (afterwards believed to' be bodies of fish) has produced, a slightly more favourable impression in London as to the safety of the Waratah.

Although very little business is doing,, the rate, of insurance (which lately reached 90 guineas) is now quoted at 85 guineas per pent.,,;'' : .. -. ■. ■'.'-■'.■• ' ' SUGGESTION DECLINED. ; ; ' !';"■; Melbourne, August 17. In reply to Mr. Deakin's suggestion that a warship sKotild be dispatched from Australia to search for the Waratah, the Admiralty points out that it would take three weeks for a reach the vicinity of Cape Town.' It is therefore not disposed to adopt the : suggection. '-. - ; ■ ■ : ' REHCS,OF ORLEANS'; MISSING' ,BOAT. i ;; . ... .. Hpbart, August 17, Pieces of. planking found on the west coast of Tasmania have been identified as belonging to tho boat containing the missing members of the crew of tho ship Orleans (the mate, and 6ix men), it is supposed that.tho boat was smashed in the surf, and that all the. ocoupants perished. , . ■"■;■' :