HIGH AND DRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 5

HIGH AND DRY.

ByTelceraph— : -.'y v,(Eeci^Tebruaryi 21;'1d.40vpjn.), ; .'-.''. ' ':'-. : ; /! r ! ■■::'■■''':.''. ;r Brisbane; ; : Febriiary 21.' ■ i:;.The.:missionAsteamer. : Jphn"Wiiliams'has arriyed: ; from .;Cobktbwn.. ; ' !.• She. ...reports, : sighting': theT-Island >steainer,-' Moresby; ;en route; f rbm'Papua,/a^ouniinVCook,Pas--sagei :J.v>:;;;.;';..';'.:"'2;: l '^.^^ :^''' r :-i " ; x'b'.' ; .'":The'; Moresby'? lies; high .: and .'.dry.: on ;a. ■reef;!; All' aboard' are,'safe,' and are stand-.; : ing'by;;'-^■'■'■^.l:;i : v^i; ; 'v->V: ■' ■ : '','■ : ■ ,',• ; . -' ; ■ • ! A .steamer .has been s 'dispatched; from 'tokto^'^l-iM&MjßSsistßnce.''.' , .^';"'-:.'-.':.:::- .','•. [The'iron : screw-'steamer 'Moresby,;.i763' tons,.';built-,m -1881J 'is ;owned by' Messrs.; • Burns Philp:; and'Co.''"Her.: dimensions are:' :Length,', 260.8ft: , ;:: , ,'beam,' 34.6 ft; •^pass.engers;-'trans^ ;; ppop.'peospect 'of' kefloating. ' .; :.;-,■, (Eec.V February . ! 22, ',0.5:; a.m.) ..■;.;' v:--y^'}^- 'V'-,. ; ::-.-::-^Brisbane;':February ;21: .: ;^The'\c^e{."offlcMiy6f:'J'lhe\.:.:Moresb7v'hasikrrived ;at; Cooktbifn. ;.:|.He'left-, the steamer .in;a' launch, .which'broke:doivn;■Hβ thenVlanded; l -at:.Capeyßedfbfd, i : and- came" • overland.: '■'^i-i^:> : 'i ":'^,^ : i , ; ,,He:reports that,the'Moresby."grounded dii;Friday^;;'Therfbrehoid' 'is ;;fuUv"of , ■ / th!β':othOT;!lwidß]a^β l ■dfγ.'..•,Thβ "sea-, is) smooth, _ and l there ■ are ; good pects of:floating, tie"'steamer.- '■'■': .. .. j.-.Thepasserigers^are'jfeansferring:'to an:qther';eteamerV:: ;,';].•!•.-/;...' : -r;':'-^i