WRECKED MALABAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20840, 6 April 1931, Page 9

WRECKED MALABAR.

rapid breaking up. thousands of sightseers. SOUVENIR HUNTERS AT WORK. EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received April 5, 11.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. April 5. It is estimated that 150,000 people visited the cliffs at Long Bay yesterday and viewed the wrecked Malabar. Cargo of every description has been washed ashore. The rapidity with which the steamer has broken up surprised the many thousands of sightseers, who paid return visits to the scene to-day. Fifty feet of tho battered hows are swinging parallel with tho amidships' section. The two parts aro lashed together with steel hawsers. Tho underwriters will sell tho derelict on Tuesday. Tho stern also has broken off and only tho merest portion is showing abovo tho water. Tho wreck now is lying close under tho cliff and is being pounded by heavy seas. Two men stepped on board yesterday and removed a compass. They were pursued by the police over rocky ledges and finally caught and charged with the theft of tho compass and a lifeboat. Kegs of beer floated under the cliffs and some men risked their lives in order to recover them. Beachcombers and souvenir hunters are operating in hundred^. An inquiry into tho loss of tho vessel will bo opened early this week.

INSURANCE IN LONDON. £190,000 ON THE VESSEL. UNDERWRITERS' VALUATION. (Received April 5, 5.5 p.m.) Times Cable. LONDON, April 4. Tho Times states that tho steamer Malabar, which was wrecked in Long Bay, Sydney, was insured in London for £190,000. The underwriters valuo the ship and cargo at £250,000.