LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 February 1907, Page 3

LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.

.' y . LONDON, Saturday. It-is belieyed that the Leith steamer , Mooaria,; with-19 hands, foundered during a" iurrtcane inthe North Sea. - ATyne steamer is also supposed to have- met with a similar fate. A STEAMER ASHORE ANB ,>'■■■■ AFLOAT; '■',*: '■■::■ MELBOURNE, Sunday. The new steamer Moruya, of 500 tons,; bound from Liverpool to Sydney, and owned; by the Illawarra Company, .went, ashore' during a fog on Friday night near Port Albert. • TkThe ctew landed, and the vessel was •high and 'dry at low water, but she floated off ; yesterday afternoon, appar- ' fenfcly uninjured, and proceeded to her destination. ••_.■' ■■''"•' AUCKLAND, Sunday. Inspector Cullen has received a message from Aratapu stating that Ernest Saunders, who was mate of the s.s. Stirling; was lost overboard near Awa-rha-yesterday. No further particulars are. available. AAA.'-r .-'■'■, '■'- DUNEDIN, Sunday. Kfench -barque Marquerit Mira- -,- band, is ashore oh the t Akatora beach near-Milton. The, captain and crew of 24 are safe, but N the ship is much bat- • tered. The vessel was bound from . Rochelle to Tahiti,; and the ship had beenT.in a fog- for nine days, the sea ,■ being "Very rough. - .•-The latest news con-efning the Ra- ' ykiiiira,- states that- she. is in a ' -- safe TpOMtibiiJ on' the beach. The tug t left on Saturday night with a ■y.Bpare anchor, cables, and other gear. ■She .is" standing by about half a mile off; --waiting for the tide, when an at- . tempt will be made to tow her <.fT. The weather is clearing, but there is some doubt as to whether the tug cau approach close enough to bo of any service; • .-..-