MARINE CASUALTIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 25 September 1909, Page 3

MARINE CASUALTIES.

V (Piusalj'' ii9obiiJopM.^opXßi(JHJi) V ; X A&'Ewitß WREOkEI) ATJFWI x-X ''- AAVjAAA-AtJGKLA^ -Mday. ;':'- iAs m«u_go from'.Suva'states that ■■'. .the steslinei - Parvs - has Deenrtotally wrecked;, on^-the; Naaelai 1 - reef , ' . ANOTHER i VESSEL" OVERDUE. A V;Aifri«^VSept.;2s, 9;40 a.m.) 'A :. vX A -V "..' X ■. '- X LONDON, -' Friday: : -'.;; The AP'an'iMacPherson, bound , from - - Newcastle foi?- Valparaiso, has been Te- '..' instffed'r'at 80' percent. 7 ' THE = MISSING : STEAMER WARA- "'. ■'•"' -"-.. Xxy-l r^ TAH. ■",! , ■■ -Ai*2--rTBE''.^RST'- 'EBARiBD. ' • ■ ■'■ ' . i V.V; A; PROBABLY BLOWN UP. A < A tA- .AyAAV-if^^ON, Priday.V.. 6 ;*,-- y"x Inyresponse ; to ;a" special inquiry, 2 Lloyds^ agent yat Manila telegraphs J ':>;. .wnfinn^g-^the.^rloiw's reports that '- ; a v^wsel, . projbaoly the . Waratah, was £ : on : fire,': and : . which subsequently n A^«»sfcsel;A : A A-:'VV ■-• '■■:- P ■ Xy^eiiiiky&uA. the Harlow sighted a "; *smpl^iv^el' i 'at 7.30 1 .in the even- ;, Jfe^Aand, tie 'erosion' occurred at :■ .fro'eloei.'AVAy A V ... C -Ville.jiljs^ims^too great Id as •'•;- certain; the, ship's identity. The posiA;*»oa of [thefrwreck was latitude, 31 A;3W^ S8 'minntes, south; longitude -\;2? degrees'; 45; i^utes^east. t '''A';;3^4V-^ai%Vtha^-|lii 7 >K'..Cla_ Mac- 1 X Intyre is repo.rted -to -have- sighted i y the Waratah .at 9.30 on the ruarnhig : v.' pf July; 27th in the approximate position'latitude 32 degrees 17 minutes ! ;'. south, longitude 1 29 degrees 17 mm- j X ntes east, at 'a distance of aoout •. 51 A miles' ahead.-" of the, wreck, reported , by; the Harlow. -i •• :, -vv The captain -of. the , Harlow sug- -. ;••. gegts ythat; the bottom of the sea . be . ySWepfey,- .j;;;-..- y 'Xuicri^iri Si-ivii'-i '■"■•:"' ' - ■■' ■ Tie tJmpnCaAleiinet^bins. which. has b«n r .(Aa^r^'.byVtlie Federal Go- "> ; vernmeht, is -now; making a ' 'systematic i search for the missjiig' 'jT'lteatahj 'and if- " -. on . her vieturn- : -iri?- six?; weeks .or two ..', months thers is' no hews'-of her; it; will' _ •■: betime^ to give np in' despair, confident j, "x that her fate is. '. another!, of. the long" lilt j. of grim mysteries of thi , sea. >ThVo»m- I ---vers and underwriters do nut believe that j ft. .the Waratah"; was ,the; : bnrhing steamer •! y'.that the Hajlow is alleged to have seen. \ ; ; It Myfolie hoped th^are rigit. If the r ;;VW*™ah ; has •not^been r burned arid gone - r7/ straight to the bottom,' .with, all on board Aarid, every, boat and spar, .leaving, no ■" - ■■, a&apto teU ; the *aJe, .the .chance:of tbe K. Saasehger 'being saved is a good 7 one. " . .'here can be no pressing fear of star- ";• y"aticn>:'an'd -if itis possible to fire the ' boilers .condensed water can always be y obtained. -The greatest danger; admit- ■ -_' ting "-that the vessel has only sustained irreparable damage to her machinery, is " that" she niay; drift into far southern latitudes and become icebound, or'probab- . ly be; wrecked against a "giant iceberg. , . • It must be remembered that she cannot ,f . ' be- worked, consequently cannot': be steer- . ed; and her dangers in the; ice -regions. ■' '■would-be constant; ' too numerous to -" X.-^ .leav*<much. hope. " -Those, of u»-»ho; '•? -T^'<^".l(ictlm,^'eeihditiblls'"6^^he.-lra"sllei , ]• S ' gers .aboard a.great ste^rnc- T:-lling heif .. >, -;feßly;:ih ..the.iirai^'.pf'.taft'<s«&,;''ai]ftifig. r find: 7^^ further" irito'tatttu'des: in ..which -the prospects' of rescue f'iniiiiish; . '.wfth-:eve)7'.houT of progress, ara'-joyet-. ' y.whelined".; with;. pity; for , those 1-apiess , men, : women, and children- aboard. the Waratah. - It is a. fearful life that on ' ft di»«bled steamer, a life of long, long hours of great silenceß, of -slow; gnawmg - misery, >fliat accumulates day by. day. \ Several : New, Zealanders were " aboard the Waratah, including Mrs and Master Harrey, and Miss Muler, ■ 'of Gisborne. ' It is-' also believedrthat'Mr- George^ Ar- ' kell, late of Auckland;: jeined the Wara- ! " '■"■■■%& sit' Durban. Letters to his ..friends .2 dated July 14 indicated his intention .of .' continning" his^^ voyage, to England just J ' about the date the 'Waratah left Dur- ' , ban, y and no" word has been : . fcoin 1 him Aucklan d"Herald.'.'