WRECK OFF BRISBANE RIVER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2109, 28 March 1914, Page 5

WRECK OFF BRISBANE RIVER.

STEAMER STRIKES k ROCKTWENTY LIVES LOST, RELIEF SHIP COMES 100 LATE. By Te-lWn-ph—Press teoeiatiou—Copyri-fcllt Brisbane, March 27. The French s-teaojcr St. I'nul, 1633 tons, bound from Noumea to Brisbane, struck oii a rock at tho entrance to tho Brisbane River and sank. Eleven persons were saved. It is not known how many were drowned. Tho. owners of the vessel are . to Oceanic Navigation Company. (Etec. March 27, 9.15 p.m.) Brisbane, March 27. The Saint I'atsl struck a rook off Cape More-ton, and foundered. Eighteen lives were lost, and eleven saved. The look-out at Cape Moreton noticed the Saint Pa.nl altering her eourse, and signalled: "Da yon want' a pilot?" He uiulei'stood tho re-ply to be iii the affirmative, and dispatched tho pilot steamer, bat the vessel -struck before assistanfco arrived, and filled rapidly. ! The master of the pilot ship stateß that when. two miles off ilies lights of tho Saint Pan! disappeared. He iis- • creased his -speed. a.ud soon heard eries of distress from the water, He lowered two boats, and rescued eighteen peo* pie, most of whom were' clinging to oars and other floating wreckage.. There are only two Europeans, both Frenchmen, among tho survivors. The otherb are' South Sea Islanders. The j naffies- of the mis-sing have not been ascertained. It is stated that the passenger-list included a lady and j female child, who were proceeding to ; Brisi'ane. '.Fhij Saint Paul carried a cargo or chrome ore.

LIST OP THE DROWNED. alec. March 28, 0.35 a.m.) Brisbanst March Silt now appears that twenty peopis were drowned 111 tho tvreijk of tho St, Paul. Tho names are Coreo (captain) ; Charbomoatt (secondofficer) ; Hcjorno and Royer (first Slid third engineers respectively) j Mistress Carter and child (passengers) i lirai So (ship's storekeeper); and thirteen. «a-. tives, FIRE ON* A STIOAMBR. ' London-, March 20, Tho Bueluia.il Company's _ sorew Steamer Swazi, 4941 tons, Captain Abbey, which loaded at Port Pim, Sydney, and- Melbourne, Waving the lasi>na.fijed port on bVbrusry 19, has arrived at Port Said. A fii'o broke out during tlio vayage, but it was ostiußuidied... It will be necessary to discharge 4000 hags- of wheat for reconditioning. HKXRIK IBSEN OVERDUE. Melbourne, March 27. Anxiety is felt for tho safety of the steamer Hcurife Ikeit, 4578 tens, which left isW York sixty-throedoys ago. She has mat been, heard: of snico calling at St. Vincent, Tiro steamer is chartered hv tho Halted 'Pyser Lino, and has a full cargo of general merchandise, consigned to Australia, and New Zealand.