The Perils of the Sea.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7904, 2 August 1904, Page 6

The Perils of the Sea.

(Per ;Press ; Assooiaticm-Cbpy^glit^; /: V^!'- i;L'V S' rj?NS;Y;:A; uguWI.- ' .Advices have beenreceived from New Guinea of the wreck of tli e ;Bntish;ship Argburth, bound from : Newcastle \ 'to Java with a cargo of- 2700. tons of coal. She. struck an unknown reef off Bock Island and became a total' wreck.; 'The crew-took to the boats.- — ..'.:

One boat containing Captain Eeid and seven of the crew landed at German New Guinea. Three boats with sixteen of the crew are missing. The officials at German New Guinea have sent two Government relief vessels. Captain Eeid is accompan ring the search. " .

7t. • « SfiISBANE, August 1. • .Excepting Captain Eeid, the members of the" Captain's boat came on here. They report that.the Argburth met with a series of heavy south-east galos, r.nd that in attempting to run between ;Nevr Ireland and New ±sritain, tho vessel struck off Rock Island. .Several attempts to get her off tailed, the crew eventually refusing to stand by. fearing that aha would slip off the reel into deep water. The captain's boat,, owing lo'the rough weather and high seas, was five days ia rsaebiug ; the eoaat of New Guinea, when they first landed, the natives' threatening altitude compelled them to put to eea again. They eventually reaohed the German headquarters. Feara aro entertained for the safety of the other boats.' If they succeed in roaching the coast in the face of the heavy weather and sea, it is thought they may fall victims to thenaHves.