A SHIP DAMAGED IN COLLISION

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12653, 6 September 1904, Page 6

A SHIP DAMAGED IN COLLISION

THE ROANOKE PUTS IN AT RIO. A cablegram was received at Sydney last week by the Sydney Underwriters and Salvage Association, Limited., to the effect that the American four-masted ship Roanoke, bound from New York to Melbourne and Sydney, has put in at Rio de Janeiro in a damaged and leaking condition. A fortnight ago, it will be remembered, the underwriters received a cable message notifying that the Roanoke had been in collision with a steamship, and had sustained severe damage. Captain J. A. Amsbury signalled that as the vessel had received extensive injuries he had decided to run for Rio de Janeiro to effect repairs prior to continuing the passage to Australia. The name of the steamship with which the Roanoke collided has not been mentioned, and the exact scene of the accident has not yet been stated. The Roanoke sailed from New York with a cargo of general merchandise on June 23 last, and was therefore about 50 days out at the time of the accident. The cable added that no information is yet available respecting the condition of the cargo. The Roanoke is an exceptionally large four-masted barque, her gross tonnage being 3539. was built in the year 1892 by Messrs. A. Sewall and Co., of Bath, in the State of Mi'itie, U.S.A., and is the property of her builders.