RECENT WRECKS

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1921, Page 5

RECENT WRECKS

“FITZROY” AND “OUR JACK.”

ENQUIRY. OPENED.

[Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

SYDNEY, June 28

An inquest was held at Forster concerning the deaths of Daley and Karlson One of the Fitzroy’s crew gave evidence that all the passengers were told what to do, but seemed unable to grasp what was required of them.

Local seafarers at Taree consider it unlikely that any more bodies will be washed up at Tuncurry as the tread of the current is northward, just off shore. Wreckage from the "‘Our Jack” was smashed to matchwood, and is strewn along five miles of coast.

The Our Jack was a wooden twinscrew steamer of 272 tons gross register, built in New South Wales in 1907, and owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., of Sydney.

The Fitzroy was a steamer of 623 tons gross register, built in 1912 at Glasgow, and owned by Langley Bros, Ltd., of Sydney.

NO MORE SURVIVORS.

Recd Noon SYDNEY, This Day.

There are practically no fresh tidings in regard to the north coast wrecks. The Marguerite failed to trace additional survivors. She passed many floating carcases of cattle mutilated by sharks. At the inquest at Tuncurry, the Coroner found that Daly and Carlson died as the result of a lifeboat overturning in the surf. It is thought that the death roll will exceed thirty. NAMES OF MISSING. Recd. 12.5 p.m. SYuxsEY, Later. It is considered that there is small hope of further survivors from the I'itzroy. besides the two bodies washed ashore, the following are reported'miss-ing-.—Twelve passengers, Walter Moore, Arthur Rowell, A. Ramsay, Airs Turney, Msis Moore; Messrs Mashers, Lindsay, Hayley, Wiggins, Bartolo, Norton, Sturo and Mclntyre. Crew of sixteen Captain Collins, Chief Officer C. Read, Second Officer H. Peggs, Chief Engineer R. Saunders, Second Engineer A. Jack; stewards —W. Watt and I'., Baikei ; stewardess, Mrs Whitehead, Misses Cooks, If. Alexander and A. Malloy; seamen—J. Paunu, R. Putre, and Davidson ; firemen —J. Eriksen, C. Mulburg and D. Krouther. Possibly, in the case of the crew, there might have been some slight changes before the Fitzroy sailed. MISSING CANASTOTA. THE WORST FEARED. WELLINGTON, June 27. There is no news of the overdue steamer Canastota, and shipping men are of the opinion that she was destroyed in an explosion. Captain Lockie, who was formerly in the service of the U.S.S Co., told his father that he would wireless to him on 'Wednesday when he was likely to arrive in Wellington. No such message was received by the father, so it is presumed the ship was lost nearer the Australian coast than to New Zealand.

Rumours are prevalent here that the cargo of petrol, or part of it, had been condemned, and was being returned to America to be refined again. One statement is that it was condemned on account of its acidity, and not on account of its having too low a flashing point. AUSTRALIAN CRITICISM. Recd. Noon. SYDNEY, This Day. There is no further news regarding the missing Canastota. The action of the Federal Government in not despatching a destroyer on the search is contrasted with the prompt action of New Zealand with the Chatham. The. Minister for Navy explained that the Department, following the usual custom, had instructed all ships of the navy to keep a broad course. It was not intended to send a special ship.