DISASTERS AT SEA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15193, 6 January 1913, Page 5

DISASTERS AT SEA.

AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK.

TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST.

SUFFERINGS OF SURVIVORS. CLINGING TO RIGGING FOR ~ HOURS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received January 6, 12.25 a.m.) New York, January 5. The British, steamer Indrakuala collided' and sank the American steamer Julia Luckenbach in Chesapeake Bay yesterday. The captain and his wife and 20 sailors of the Julia Luckenbach were drowned. » Six men clung to the rigging for hours, benumbed with cold, and were finally rescued. A terrific storm which was raging paralysed the efforts of the rescue party for a long time.

The Julia Luckenbach was an iron, screw steamer of 3100 tons register, and was rigged as a brig. She was owned by Mr. E. F. Luckenbach, of New York. She was built at Rotterdam in 1882.

VESSEL SPRINGS LEAK AND SINKS. PASSENGERS PICKED UP. (Received January 5. 5.5 p.m.) . , London, January 4. The Canard liner Syria has' picked up seven boats, containing 98 passengers and the crew of the French steamer Saint Augustin, in the Mediterranean, near Bona (Algeria). The Saint Augustin sprang a leak and sank. "HOPELESSLY OVERDUE." • V TWO VESSELS LOST IN THE ATLANTIC. London, January 4. The underwriters consider that the steamers Whittingham and Snowdon Range are hopelessly overdue from Atlantic voyages. •.

The Snowdon Range was a steel steamer of 3660 tons, and was built at West Hartlepool in 1906. She was owned by the Neptune Steam Navigation Company {Messrs. Furness, Withy, and Co.). The Whittingham is not mentioned in Lloyd's register.

DISMASTED COLLIER. ROUGH TIME OFF NEW ZEALAND COAST. (Received January 6, 12.25 a.m.) Sydney, January 5. "The captain of the Thora reports sighting a dismasted' vessel 300 miles from Cape' Farewell. The vessel was apparently from Newcastle, coal-laden, and had met with trouble off the New Zealand coast. The Thora signalled, but got no reply.