SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 190, 29 July 1911, Page 4

SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

B Ally IE ABANDONEE IN MID-PAI TITC. BOAT’S CREW MISSING. Auckland. July 29. The barque Puritan sprang a • leak on June 20th on her voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco . during a heavy gale about SOO mile's ; from Tahiti. Water gained on the barque rapidly and the pumps were ■kept going till June 27th, when a • furious gale was raging. The ves- ; sei was sinking fast, so it was deI cided to abandon her. i All hands, provided with water 1 and provisions, left the barque in I two boats. They kept together for j three days but on the third night ■ they became separated. The boat containing the first i mate, named Hatfield, and nine I men, disappeared, and has not since l been heard of. It is believed she ■ foundered with all hands. ; The second boat, containing ; Captain Chapman and Mr. Collins, j the second mate, and ten men. arj rived at Tahiti on June 14th. ; Unfortunately water ran short ! during the voyage and the boat’s ! crew subsisted for eleven days on ■ one-sixth of a pint of water and ■ two biscuits. ; They landed at Anna Island and J re-provisioned the boat with water ! and cocoanuts, and prepared to resurne their voyage to Tahiti, but ! several seamen refused to proceed i any further, preferring safety to | the risk of the long pull in a rowj ing boat. • The captain and Mr. C'ollins. with j one seaman and the cook, proeeed- ! ed alone. ! On leaving Auna Island, the boat ’ struck on a coral reef, and a plank was stove in, but the. castaways ' pushed on. rowing and baling. Three days mil from Auna Island i they sighted Tahiti, anil after fourteen days out at sea they landed at Papeete. Mr. Collin-;, one seaman, and the I cook of the vessel arrived at Auck- ; land by the Talune. : Captain Uhapman proceeds direct to San Francisco. ANOTHER COLLISION. ; EIGHT PERSONS MISSING. (Received 29. 10.20 a.Ill.) Singapore, July 28. The ship Mersey sunk after collision with the steamer Khengseng in the Straits of Malaria. Eight , persons art* mission. ‘ THE EMPRESS OF CHINA." HOPELESS WRECK.

(Received 29, 10.20 a.m.T Tokio. July 28. The position of the stranded Empress of China is critical. (Received 29. 12.10 p.m.) Vancouver. July 28. Advices have been received that tin- Empress <>f China is a hopeless wreck. .SCHOONER COLLIDES WITH STEAMER. SEVEN MEN DROWNED. London. July 28. Ihe Midland Railway Company's prt-'seiiger stt amer .Antrim, during ; a fog at Belfast, collided with a schooner, which was cut in two and sank in ten seconds. The Antrin made a long search without result. ! It is believed that the crew of the schooner, numbering seven. , were drowned. ■ (Received 29. 9.0 a.m.) Sydney, July 29. Sailed. -Den of Glamis. for WeL 1 lington. I PORT OF NAPIER. t ARRIVALS. I July. ' 28--Hauroto. s.s., from Wellington. DEPARTURES 28—Hauroto, s.s., for Northern ports. VESSELS IN PORT. i At Breastwork. 1 Tangaroa, s.s. i Weka, s.s. Kiritona, aux. sch. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. J uly. 31 - -Monowai, s.s., from Northern ports. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. July. 31 —Monowai, s.s., for Southern

ports. The following were passengers for Gisborne by the Hauroto last night:--Messrs Rouayne, Buxton. Breathe. Burnett. F. Williams. Coinon. Aitken. Caldwell. McLeod, J. Warren. Buchanan. A. A. Gower. Stevenson, Morgan, Farmer. Hall Paul, Mulloolly. Snell ; Inspector Dwyer; Mrs McLeod ; Misses Bilhan. Hill Snell. For Auckland : Messrs Fiddle, Faroe : Mesdames Fiddle. Curtis and Fame and Miss Fiddle.