DEEP SEA DANGERS.
A STEAMER ASHORE
REGARDED AS A TOTAL LOSS.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION.!
BRISBANE, March 18.
The chief officer of the A.U.S.N. steamer Mildura wired' from Onslow that the Mildura went ashore on the Northwest Cape on Tuesday night, and was -regarded as a total loss. Theire was nine feet of water in the hold. The captain and thipty-one of the crew iremain«d on the vessel.
(Received Maxell 19, 9.55 a.m.)
BRISBANE, Maccoh 19.
The Mildura has 480 .caJttle aboard. The chief officer thinks the> cxew probably landed since he left. The Buirrumbeet is piroceied.ng to the scene of the wreck.
FRENCH TORPEDOERS COLLIDE.
TWO MEN KILLED.
PARIS, March 18.
_ The Freanoh destroyer Epee, whale manoeuvring with light 6 out off Ajaccio, coilMded; with torpedoer "One," whose steam pipes burst, killing a quartermaster and) stoker, andi wounding another of (the drew.
A VESSEL DAMAGED.
SYDNEY, March 18.
The Raveir Boyne, -which left Newcastle (hi TEbrairsday for Wellington, put into Syd>riey to-aiight for repairs, having during a heavy gale lost her top sail yard. While coming up the harbor she- collided with a print, and one of the Boyne's bow plates was damaged above the water line. The repairs will necessitate a considerable delay.
The Mildwa has ca/ttie aboard- No fresh water is available. It as impossible far help to reach them before Satuhiay.
ANOTHER STEAMER WRECKED.
PASSENGERS RESCUED WITH DIFPI-
CULTY.
(Received March, 19, 8.31 a.m.)
LONDON, Maroh 18.
The steamer Jibba, from Lagos, was wrecked at Salcomb, Devonshire. The 80 passengers were with difficulty itescued by means of a rocket apparatus.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9302, 19 March 1907, Page 5
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262DEEP SEA DANGERS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9302, 19 March 1907, Page 5
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