DISASTERS ON SEA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 3, 14 December 1911, Page 5

DISASTERS ON SEA.

! THE STRANDED DELHI. [PR ESS ASSOCI ATI OX- - CO I’YKIGHT. ] LoiiGon. Dee. 13. The P. and O. Company's steamei Delhi is ashore near Cape Spartel. The Duke and Duchess of Fife am their daughters are auoarii. (Received 11, 9.5 a.m.) , London. Dec. 13. The position of the l Delhi is serious. , The British warships Weymouth. , London, Duke of Edinburgh, with t lifeboat and life-saving apparatus. ' have been despatched from Gibraltar. Later on a French cruiser’* boats rescued the Delhi’s women and children. I RESI UED IN A LIFEBOAT. (Received 14, 11.50 a.m.) Lonnon. Dec. 13. Reuter’s Tangier correspondent states that a lifeboat front the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh landed | the Duke and Duchess of Fife and party from the stranded steamer Delhi. They were drenched to the skin owing to their long ride to Spartd signal station. The British Minister met and accompanied them to Tangier. A British warship is conveying them to Gibraltar. A PRINCESS NEARLY DROWNED. RESCUING FATALITY. (Received 11, 1.15 p.m.) Tangier, Doc. 13. Confused accounts are coining to hand regarding tb.e wreck of the Delhi. It is reported that one of the Princesses was nearly drowned, being. however, held up by a sailor. The launch from the cruiser Briant while assisting Royalties capsized, six sailors were drowned. . Rl-’PAIkS TO THE MAI RETANIA EIGHT WEEKS’ WORK. (Received 14. 1,1.50 a.m.) London. Dec. 13. 'lt has been found necessary to remove the Mauretania’s bottomplates amidships. Repairs will take eight weeks to comrffete. THE INJURED ON THE ORION. PROGRJ S I *!NG 1 U()1 RALLY. London, Dec. 13. (Received 11, 11.50 a.m.) Those injured on the Orion arc progressing favourably. LAUNC II bi Nk \T HER MOORINGS. [per press association.) Gisborne. Dec. 14. The launch used for tendering steamers at. Te Araroa sank at her moorings this morning, and is likely to become a total wreck.